I'm thinking about moving because of judgment
I'm at such a loss guys.... I'm sad for my husband.... You guys may have seen my post but we married at 17 because I was pregnant. I got kicked out and had to live on his families ranch and only see him once a month because he worked on their farm for money and while he was there he was getting raped and tortured by his step brother. From rape to stabbing him in his eye to shoving a screw through his foot to branding his initials in my husband's thigh. He is in prison now on a 17 year sentence. My husband is known as the "crazy man" because he's in and out of mental hospitals. His best friend who lives a few houses down knows if I'm calling him in the middle of the night it's because my husband is self harming or trying to kill himself. Our 7 year old daughter has seen her daddy get taken away in a straight jacket so many times and is getting bullied at school for her dad being crazy. I explained PTSD to her as having an ouchie on your mind. He switched therapist a bit ago and is trying EMDR. Plus our daughter convinced him to pick up his guitar again and he's trying to teach her. He hasn't played guitar since high school and now he plays it everyday for her. This is the longest he's gone without self harming or being admitted into a mental health hospital. We actually talked about him getting a tattoo over his branding at some point. He just doesn't know what it should be yet. He sometimes still has his moments where he breaks down and cries or has a nightmare or wets our bed but compared to him self harming I can handle that with hugging him and clean sheets. Well.... I guess people here aren't don't care if someone is trying to get better. We always get weird looks at the store and people making rude comments. My husband hasn't worked in 3 years. That's how long it's been since he got saved from the 3 years of torture. He is kind of a house husband and people mock of for that and ask me if I've gotten a real man yet. My husband went grocery shopping with me which is actually a big step for him. And one of our neighbors said she's not used to seeing him without a straight jacket. Or say they're surprised he's not in the home for the goofy(mental hospital). These comments hurt him and kind of why he doesn't talk to anyone besides his best friend. People whisper, and mock us and our family. Middle schoolers are asking my 7 year old if she's a nuthead like her father.... I would think people would be supportive of him getting out the house and finding therapy that is starting to work...
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.