I'm so depressed I can't work

Thank you. I am not only a drag to my wife. Despite my illness, I do what I can to make her happy and support her. It's not a two way street and who knows, she may have a breaking point. But I honestly believe that she has some mental disorder that keeps her emotionally stable, if not flat much of the time. nothing seems to affect her. She is content to take care of me.

It's almost like having a child with mental disabilities. Would anyone tell the parent that they will eventually get tired of their child's illness and desert them? A good parent would do their best to support their child no matter what, even into adulthood.

As an amazing wife, she understands my illness is a part of me that I didn't ask for. She will help me and as long as I never take her for granted and act like an entitled POS, she will be there.

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