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Originally Posted by CedarS
Why can't you relax at home alone when you want to while your wife goes out and socializes? Or maybe you could go with her for an hour then go home before she does.
I'm introverted also and I don't think there is necessarily anything wrong with that. Having plenty of alone time has never made me depressed, when I did experience depression there were other issues. And if I don't get enough alone wind down time I get extra exhausted.
Are you being told that something is wrong with you? Are you putting yourself down for being introverted?
What has helped you the most when you have experienced depression in the past?
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My wife can go out anytime she wants. But she doesn't that often. She always wants me to go with her. And sometimes, a couple has to be at a function as a couple. I've asked her at times to just compromise with me in terms of how long she wants to stay at an event. I hit the wall about 2 hours in and can suffer the 3rd hour but she often wants to stay longer. I thought a compromise was meeting in the middle. I don't want to go to most events. She does. OK so how about we go for a couple hours? But she feels that we should be able to stay much longer. And we aren't taking separate cars UNLESS the event is very close by. So when I hit my wall, my patience shortens, I get angry inside and I shutdown. I can do a couple hours but that's it. Since I don't want to be at the event anyways, 2 to 3 hours in my eyes is sufficient.