Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Thus we never live, but we hope to live; and always disposing ourselves to be happy.
My wife is schizophrenic. She’s mostly functional, but she’s crazy.
I always feel like someday things are going to get better, even though they never do.
Does that make me an optimist?
It’s hard dealing with loved ones that suffer from mental illnesses. But she needs you. You are an optimist. And I am sure you are a strong person as well. I hope things get better for the both of you.
Yes, you are an optimist. The statistics are not promising, but statistics are not fate. Some mental illnesses do get better with time due to hormone stabilization, etc.
You are clearly a blessing for her, as is your son. Hopefully, there are enough of those times that help you see what blessing she may have brought to you. Over the years I have worked with many seriously mentally ill people, and on the whole, they have brought me more blessings than I brought them. Many have an intuition, clarity, honesty and purity about them in excess of what we see in so called “normal” people. These traits are a rare gift.
Best of luck to you and continue to do what you know to be the right thing.
My son’s in the process of divorcing his