Wife with PND and PTSD and "Fake" Memories

Primrose

I really do think your wife needs some urgent medical help. It seems as if part of her is still living very much in the past if your chi,d was born three and a half years ago and she,s still referring to herself as a "new" mother. I know timescales are comparative but I think many mothers would have moved on a little from this point by now.

I think you should say you want to go along to support her. If she starts to become upset, be prepared for the GP to ask you to leave though. For this reason I think you need to write to your GP, if necessary, hand delivering the letter first, to give them a brief scenario of what has been happening.

I should point out too that the situation has become so serious that you are starting to require outside emotional support to deal with it. The carer in these situations often gets neglected. It,s important your own mental health needs are flagged up. If there is a sudden crisis it may help to get you faster support if it is needed. There are a lot of pressures on the mental health side of the NHS now, so the sooner you both try to get help the better.

Keezing

Primrose wrote: »

I really do think your wife needs some urgent medical help. It seems as if part of her is still living very much in the past if your chi,d was born three and a half years ago and she,s still referring to herself as a "new" mother. I know timescales are comparative but I think many mothers would have moved on a little from this point by now.

Apologies for the confusion, the "New Mother" quote is something she claims to have said to me over 3 years ago, along with my response.

She was trying to demonstrate to me that I hate her.