My husband is mentally ill and has given up on everything, including treatment. He doesn’t want to get a job and says he’s done with life. This has really been taking a toll on me and I don’t know what to do for him anymore.
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Your Hardest Family Question: Why didn’t I properly grieve my daughter’s suicide?
Several years ago, my teenage daughter took her life on Thanksgiving. I was devastated, heartbroken and traumatized. Just months before, I found out about my husband’s betrayals and thirty-year pornography use. As difficult as my daughter’s death was, I was angrier and more distraught with my husband. Should my daughter’s death have been more prevalent in my thoughts?
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