I am a 23 year old newlywed. I’ve struggled with self-harm in the past, but was able to overcome it for a time after receiving inpatient care. When I married my husband, I thought he was absolutely perfect. When he deployed a few months after we married for around six months, I still thought he was perfect. I missed him. Then he came home.
My marriage is bittersweet. I love my husband. He makes me laugh, and he can make me happy. But mostly, he makes me so sad. The man who came home from deployment is not the same man I married. The man I […]