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MS is not new to me. It’s been with me for 17 years. You’d think things would get easier and they have, but the daily struggles remain. I’m married, have 2 children and work part time in Education. I’ve always thought my relationship with my husband was solid, but this week I was faced with a WTF moment and don’t know how to come back from it. My husband out of the blue among friends says while we were all in conversation, “my wife works part time, every time I call she’s out for lunch or having coffee with her mum and we have a cleaner.” This is not true, but I do have a cleaner and I do go to my mum a lot. Now, I am not lazy by any means, in fact I do all I can to pretend I do not have this BS disease. These words have cut very deep. He is aware that I’m upset, but am unable to even look at him let alone speak to him. I can’t work full time and he knows this, I see my mum because she is my best friend and he knows this, I have a cleaner because the fatigue stops short of killing me. How do I come back from this??? #itsokaytocry #ItsNotOKMan #Sohurt

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#ItsOKMan to be Vulnerable

#ItsOKMan to hurt. #ItsOKMan to be weak. #ItsOKMan to talk.

#ItsNotOKMan to repress your feelings. #ItsNotOKMan to fight your demons through substance abuse. #ItsNotOKMan to just "tough it out".

"Around 1 in 4 adults in the United States will experience a mental health problem in a given year.

75% of suicides are men." - movember.com

#ItsOKMan to reach out and get help.

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