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Same here. DH has agreed to go to T/try meds but is convinced that it will be the same'ol-same'ol as if the T was reading from a script. The problem? His last experience with a "therapist" was in the army when they Diagnosed him with a mood disorder and admitted him to the psych ward at the on-post hospital (no clue why they did that, he has never been a threat to himself or anyone else) thereby essentially ending any army career he might have had (he was an MP and an exceptionally good one rising through the ranks rather quickly). It's like, "hey, you're depressed, now lets make it so you can't do the one job you felt you really loved and were good at". What idiots.
He's agreeing to go to T, but I know that he doesn't think it will help or will be different. I have no clue if he's in this frame of mind if it will even help. Maybe if he continues and the meds start working he'll realize he's wrong. He also still holds onto the belief (clings to it actually) that he has D because he's weak mentally and should be able to control it. He thinks he's always "worked through it" but he forgot that he took meds for a couple years. Of course they didn't do anything because the only person that noticed was me. I remind him (politely) that he cannot control the neurotransmitters in the brain but he scoffs at the mere mention that D is anything like Parkinson's or epilepsy or anything else where the brain just doesn't function right and requires medication to help regulate it. It's like he WANTS something to be wrong with him that is his fault, like he OWNS it. Sometimes I wonder if he is 'happy' in his misery. It's what he knows, so even though he's miserable, he's comfortable in that role. I just don't get it. Probably because I'm not D I guess...
So all I can do is support him and not try to reinforce the behavior that I find unacceptable.
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