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B e a r i n g Witness

Stories of supporting my husband through mental illness

I'm just here to say: I see you. Supporting a loved one through mental illness is hard and lonely. I hope you feel less alone through reading our story.

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As I write this, Nick and I are sitting at Starbucks. He's sitting across from me working on policies and procedures for our business....

"You Don't Understand!"

Nick uttered (or sometimes yelled) these words to me more times than I can possibly count. "You don't understand!" became a daily phrase...

Dear Daisy

Dear Daisy, You were the first one to know. You were my first confidant. You knew from the beginning that something was wrong. I watched...

The Alcohol Problem

Alcohol began to play a role in coping with Nick's mental illness - for both of us. That's not to say that either one of us ever met the...

May 1, 2020: The Next Chapter

May 1, 2020 will always be a day Nick and I celebrate. Beyond it being my mom's birthday (hi, Mom!) it's the day Nick started his next...

I Wanted a Divorce

I've been delaying this topic for a while. It's hard to talk about for a multitude of reasons. Before I go on, I want to make it...

The Mindset Shifts (4/4): Teammates

Imagine this: you work in an office and you have two bosses. One boss wants to expand the number of services the business offers. The...

Caregiving

Caregiving. It is hard, and few understand why. It is not for the meek, the mild, the despairing. It is not the day-to-day tasks, really:...

Skydiving For My Mental Health

When Nick was hospitalized, I was already in therapy. I was also knee-deep into Brené Brown's work on vulnerability. I had just finished...

Silence

I have mentioned that I didn't tell friends and family what was going on with Nick in the early stages. There's a handful of reasons for...

Video Game Addiction

Nick started to realize that the only time he wouldn't be thinking about his OCD was when he was playing video games. He came home one...

Early Behavior Changes

Prior to Nick's tinnitus and OCD onset, he was the type of person to get up at 4:00am to go to the gym, somehow be energetic all day, be...

OCD Onset

In the summer of 2019, Nick developed tinnitus. He's been to countless music festivals and never really used proper ear protection. The...

Expanding the Conversation

Supporting my husband through mental illness was, by far, the hardest thing I've ever done. I'll get more into some specifics of his...

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