I am getting increasingly worried about my husband. For the last 5 months his behaviour has changed beyond all recognition and it is now affecting his relationships with friends and family.
He has become very aggressive towards me (never violet), but he seems very bitter and angry. He has so much energy sometimes that he just can't sit still or even just wander round the shops at a 'normal' pace. He is drinking a lot almost every night - the other night he came home with cuts and bruises all over his face and a twisted ankle, after drinking all day and then falling over somewhere while on a wander. Sometimes he spends whole days on the phone calling friends and family he hasn't spoken to for years. Sometimes his conversations lack any kind of logic or reasoning – this weekend he completely lashed out at two of our very dear friends who have shown us nothing but kindness – he was convinced that they had bad intentions towards us, and he told me that I must choose either him or them (they have actually been hugely supportive throughout this period)
He is also discovering a more spiritual side to him, and he is developing a real interest in Buddhism and psychic experiences. He believes is psychic and can spot other people like him on the street. He now places everyone he meets as either 'one of us' or 'one of them'. (I am 'one of them'). He talks about it almost obsessively and homes in on anyone he believes to have a more spiritual side to them.
I really don’t know what to do – I have talked to him about it almost endlessly, but he is convinced that he is thinking very clearly, and more clearly than anyone else. He admits that he has changed but only for the better, but he has been concerned that I think he is going ‘mad’ - he has put this down to coping with his new found psychic abilities. From what I have researched so far I think he is showing signs of hypomania. I don’t know where to go from here – there is only so much I can do and there is only so much I can take.
BTW there has been no indication of depression or depressive phases/moods.
Please can someone help and give me some words of advice or some pointers to my next stage – ie how can I get him help if he doesn’t think he needs it?
Thank you so much in advance.
L