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I should of seen it coming

The last 48 hours have been rough for me.
The antibiotics have not been helping me and I have not been feeling good.

Joel, our rock as always steps up. He takes care of me, he takes me to the ER. He's there for everything.

So when he gets home from work, he takes his shower like normal, but doesn't come out of our room.

I hear our oldest boy call out Daddy, Papa is on the floor and he's not doing good.

I should of seen this.

I go into our bathroom and he's having a panic attack. His are so different from mine. Mine are in the moment they are intense. I do a lot of pacing and I need a lot of talking and coaching to calm me down.

His are nothing like that, his are after the moment has passed. It's like once he knows everything is okay he gets overwhelmed by some feeling and he has a panic attack. He shuts down, collapses to the floor and stops breathing. They scare me so much. Because he stops breathing.

This one was bad. It lasted longer than any other he's had. He wouldn't breathe. I had to get really loud with him to get him to breathe. It took him a while to recover. Thank goodness my buddy was there to help with the kids. Once he seemed to come I gave him a bottle of water and one of my anxiety pills.

I hate this. This happened because he was worried about me. I shouldn't cause him to have a panic attack. Because I was in the ER all day.

I shouldn't cause him this much step.
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Poppies · 61-69, F
You couldn't help needing to go to the ER! It wasn't your fault that the infection wasn't responding to the antibiotics! You have been to the hospital for others in the family. You all do your best to try to get along, and you support each other when necessary.

I'm sending good thoughts your way, for the antibiotics to help you, for that to help Joel.
Cigarguy · M
@Poppies I know but I just hate seeing him like this because of me. This attack was so much worse than any he's ever had. I was really afraid he was going to pass out because he just would not breathe. I shouldn't be the one to cause him to feel this way
Poppies · 61-69, F
@Cigarguy He cares about you, so sometimes he will worry. And you worry bout him. That's just going to happen. I hope you can get some sleep. Breathe deep.
I felt much the same about bothering my daughter to drive me to Dr. appts and testing. She too has a lot going on.

SHE said, “Mom, you have to let me love you.”

And I think she was right.

Concern and worry are part of any relationship, and sometimes you just have to let him love you.
HootyTheNightOwl · 41-45
Yeah, you are sick... but it's not your fault that you are sick and that the medicine that you was given isn't helping you.

You can't blame yourself for things that are beyond your control or the way it affects Joel.

You wouldn't tolerate Joel saying that he hates it because he had a panic attack when your attention should have been on recovering and getting better from your sickness - so targeting the same thing towards yourself shouldn't be tolerated, either.

You did everything that you could when you found out that it was happening and that's all you can really do. You managed to get him to breathe again before he passed out - and he had the good sense to put himself on the ground.

It wasn't YOU that caused the stress for Joel, it is the situation that caused Joel to feel stressed... and you can't avoid ever getting sick again, it's not some pot hole in the road that you can drive around.
BuzzedLightyear · 61-69, M
dude, I've never seen someone go from one crisis to another on a daily basis
PinkMoon · 26-30, F
If his panic attack is your fault then so is 9/11.

 
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