Sheba, you are correct. He is depressive but does not own it. If he does not blame me he blames someone or something else. When I was having my problems with my daughter, along with our other stresses, I think he thought he was helping. But in reality he either complained about her or left me alone to figure it out. However, he seemed to judge everything I did or didn't do. Even if nothing is said you feel the loss of connection.
Wildcat, you are also correct about needing to talk but there never seems to be a"good time" for it. So whenever it builds up and I let it out, I am immediately wrong for bringing it up at that particular time - so I am behind from the beginning of the discussion.
This morning I had a meltdown because I was concerned about going to the doctor for a diagnostic test and the stress was too much. I told him that I understood that he was angry with me and that there was no forgiveness - he said that was not true. I told him that when I married him it was for better or worse and I meant it. I will go through "worse" if that's what it takes but would like to work on getting better. I just hope it got through. He told me he loved me. Later I had to call and tell him that I had locked my keys in the car and needed to call a locksmith to get it open - he seemed understanding (I do stupid things when I'm really stressed) I spoke with him twice more today and he seemed ok with me. My doctor appointment went better than I thought it might and I found out that I won't have to have the procedure I was dreading.
Will anything change? I don't know. I hope something does soon because this is driving me crazy, and yes I told him that.
I am not sure that it will make a difference since nothing I have said or done so far seems to. I just had to let him know that even though life is rough it doesn't make much sense to throw everything away and not try. We'll see.