Oh, absolutely! By bipolar and panic disorder especially. By the ED too when exercise takes away from family time.

I suppose I could say it's given me slome life experiences I never expected, but usually of the bad type. Though restoring my weight and my health after my first bout (the worst) with anorexia on my own, practically downing protein shakes all day and having to stop exercise except for one short daily walk on my own reminds me I do have an underlying strength in there, somewhere. It is still the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.

But when you're disabled and your spouse does not make a that much money, H is a schoolteacher, it hurts not to be able to bring income into the family. And I don't qualify for disability because I haven't worked lone enough for SSDI, and the teacher income is too much for me to get SSI, even though we calculated that 1/3 of H's income never even hits our bank account. But it's there on paper, that's what they count. I don't know. I may look into some help with getting social services. There is help around for mental health by not for day to day cost of living, internet, electricity, utilities & such. Not to mention when you have a kid, they outgrew clothes quickly.