Published on 12, July, 2020
I know that this is a difficult subject but I would like to know if anyone here, in a relationship with an autistic person, has been driven to the brink of suicide? It would do me good to talk.... That said, my husband hasn't been diagnosed and probably never will be, because he can't start to see that he might have it or what it does to me, but he does have a lot of the traits. I have tried to make use of articles about what partners go through but that overwhelms him, he talked to his GP and was put on anti-depressants but stopped.... I think that we are at the end of our relationship but I don't see a way to go on.
I think its more to do with your husband specifically than having autism. He may have that as well but having autism doesn't prevent people from having other conditions too or negative personality traits that can make them unbearable to live with. Don't blame it on the autism, if you have problems with your husband its him who is causing you grief not autism.
Hi, I am no expert and I started out on other ideas like alexithymia but in the end I thought that autism does fit this situation the best. I don't blame anything on autism but if this is what he suffers from he could learn to deal with it and so could I, like so many other people do. Yes, it is him causing me so much grief but he doesn't do it on purpose.