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That must be frightening, sweetie.
Try to persuade him to get some help... if he won't listen at the time, maybe you could talk to him about it at a time when he is calmer.
Do you know what is making him feel so bad at the moment?

Thinking of you both, sweetie, and hoping that he feels better very soon
 
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I know what the problem is. I'm the problem. Bipolar is the serious problem......
 
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We are never a problem just because we have a mental illness. The problem may be that he does not understand it? I would find some educational materials for him to read about your illness dear. NAMI has a lot of those materials. A quick search for NAMI will open up a new world for you. God bless you.
 
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Sweetie, the illness may cause problems, but that doesn't mean that *you* are the problem. Maybe your husband needs to understand... sometimes it's easy for our loved ones to feel in some way responsible for our illness, or for not being able to do anything about it. He needs to know that it isn't your fault or his fault.
I know it's hard, sweetie.. my husband thinks that way, though he has not threatened suicide.
 
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I just don't get this. We're doing one last try for everything. One of those things we're doing is reading a book together. Since he can't understand a book that's fictional, I'm going to read it to him and it can help grow us together. We're also going to read theological books too, but to even things out we're doing every other book like that. Then, he's going to actually help out around the house, which, if done, WILL make me a lot less bitter toward him and hopefully lead to a happy life.
 
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