099: How to Cope When He's Mentally Ill
The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle
Laura Doyle
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Let's say you get a diagnosis for your husband. So you finally know What's Wrong with Him. But what if his being passive aggressive or bipolar, exhibiting adolescent syndrome, or having ADD, OCD or NPD is not what keeps you sleeping in separate rooms or has every conversation turn into an argument? Imagine that the real issue were something completely unexpected, like it was in my lonely marriage. Today it's as if my husband never had a deficit disorder, even though he was diagnosed with and medicated for an incurable one years ago. Turns out that treating the illness is not what got me closer to feeling connected and cherished. In my experience, it's something YOU can change that will have his face light up when you come home and have him chasing you into the bedroom. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast we're talking about how to cope when he's mentally ill.
During our free Adored Wife Challenge twice a year, where we all experiment with the 6 Intimacy Skills™ together for five days, I interviewed Virginia, who has had such a powerful transformation in her marriage that I knew I wanted you to hear it. I'm excited that Virginia agreed to let me share with you what she did so you can do the same things to make your marriage thrive.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship |
| 0:14.3 | without your man's conscious effort so that you feel desired, taken care of, and |
| 0:18.9 | special even if your relationship feels completely hopeless. |
| 0:23.7 | I'm Laura Doyle and today I'm sharing how to cope when he's mentally ill. |
| 0:29.7 | Twice a year we host a free Adored Wife challenge where we all experiment with applying the six intimacy skills together every day for five days. |
| 0:39.0 | I interviewed my guest Virginia as part of our challenge and she has such a powerful |
| 0:44.0 | transformation in her marriage that I knew I wanted you dear podcast |
| 0:48.4 | listener to hear what she did to make her marriage last and thrive. |
| 0:52.5 | So we asked her permission and Virginia agreed |
| 0:55.3 | to let me share it with you. |
| 0:56.9 | She's going to reveal what she did |
| 0:59.8 | so you can do the same things |
| 1:01.8 | to make your marriage last and thrive also. |
| 1:04.9 | And then I'll be giving out the worst relationship advice of the Week Award, which one of my students |
| 1:09.6 | shared that she got from a marriage counselor, but it only made her cry even harder. |
| 1:16.1 | All of that is coming up, but first let's talk about how to cope when he's mentally ill. |
| 1:21.8 | Let's say that you get a diagnosis for your husband so you finally |
| 1:26.9 | know what's wrong with him. Now what? Well let's set that aside for just a minute and imagine that the problems in your |
| 1:35.4 | marriage are not because of your husband having a mental illness. No, imagine that the source of |
| 1:41.8 | your unhappiness is just definitely not that your |
| 1:45.1 | husband has attention deficit disorder or obsessive compulsive disorder or |
| 1:49.9 | narcissistic personality disorder let's say him being passive |
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