How To deal Frustation In Your Life ?????

@aweins (4199)
India
April 19, 2007 8:15am CST
how to cope the feeling of frustation that comes after a person is married and his/her life is changed. Its not that everybody must be feeling frustated but i think , after my marriage i have started feeling more frustated than before. Please dont think that i am a frustated lady. I am married for one and a half year and have a very loving and understanding husband but then too, at certain point in life i feel like rushing out or moving out of everything. It feels as if i have lost everything but after looking at my hubby i feel just the opposite, i feel that forget everything, you have got the right person, the type of person you always wanted. Then too, i donno, why do i feel sooooooo very frustated. i went into Depression also and gained weight. that was the worst thing that could ever happen to me. i have never in my life seen myself out of shape and now i feel that after marriage i have lost this too. i was a fitness freak but now ,now i have no control over my health as it used to be earlier. Why is all this ?, why its me?, why its all happening in my life?, Why Me??? Please help Me to come out of it, please...............
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@twilight021 (2059)
• United States
19 Apr 07
Hmmm...it seems in being married you feel like you have lost your own identity (this is a huge fear of mine, so I understand). A lot of changes have probably happend for you and you are still adjusting. You obviously love your husband very much, I think it's very sweet that you say even though you feel frustrated, when you look at him you know you are with the right person. Marriage is a really big change for people, you start to be seen as a unit rather an an individual, and there's nothing wrong with that. But it shouldd not come at the cost of losing your own identity. For example, you used to be a fitness freak, but now you feel like being in your marriage has taken that away from you because you are so frustrated and despressed. I know it's much easier said than done but I would suggest trying to find YOU again. What are the thing that really make you feel like YOU. You said that one of those things was being in shape? Can you join a gym? Or even just set aside some time each night for a walk by yourself? Getting back in touch with who you feel you really are, might help you to feel less frustrated and trapped. I'm really sorry you are going through this. I hope things get better for you soon.
@aweins (4199)
• India
19 Apr 07
thanx a lot my friend for such a quick and a sincere response. i think you have underrstood the thing very well and explained it very nicely. Its really a tough thing to see your identity, your individuality being lost infront of you. when i see back my life, when i was not married, i was very dominating, head straight, demanding, girl. and if i see myself today, its just the opposite of that. before marriage if i wanted something , i wanted it at any cost but now i dont think that i ever feel the need of wanting anything. its all gone. before everything happening was asked by me and now its just like..........................nothing. you are a nobody in the house. just eat, sleep and work. nothing more, you have no choice now. you eat what people want, you drink what people want, you go somewhere only and where the people want, you wear what people want.. THEN WHAT THE HELL DO I WANT....... DO I HAVE ANYTHING IN MY LIFE TODAY WHICH IS MINE OR I CAN DO WHAT I WISH..............ITS NOTHING , SIMPLY NOTHING. THANX for such a nice response but i m really hurt and very depressed. i have lost everything....everything means everything. If my hubby would not have been like this , i think i would have move my way apart long back only.it would not at all be possible for me to live like this, a girl like me living like this, in just an opposite situation of what she was...............difficult, not difficult, impossible.
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• United States
19 Apr 07
Gosh....it's so heartbreaking to hear how despressed and hopeless you sound. So you used to be a very strong and independent girl, but now you feel that has all been taken away from you? I can only imagine how depressing that must be. You need to find one part of your life that you feel control over. I am wondering if there are any reources for you to talk about this with someone...a professional perhaps? Or maybe there are some books that might help you. I know of one book called "The Dance of Anger", here is more on it: http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Anger-Changing-Patterns-Relationships/dp/006091565X But it talks a lot about women's anger and frustrations. Maybe it can provide you with some help and comfort? Take care.
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• Australia
21 Apr 07
Hmmm... You gain weight because you feel depression, even though you got married you still can do your activity as long as your husband is fine you do that, and you still can do your duty as a housewife. Is that like married syndrome, its happen in the first until fifth year of marriage. Good luck and cheers lady
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
31 May 07
Is there someone you can see that you can talk too, and get to the bottom of what is causing this depression and feelings like you are having? If you are Happy with your marriage, and your husband then there is something else there maybe you are lacking. You need to find what that is, and see if you can somehow change it. Maybe you just need to find time to do more with your life, and that will bring you out of your thoughts into a more happier time.
@happymommy3 (2012)
• United States
9 May 07
First of all, honey, you are not the only one feeling frustrated in your marriage, all of us feel that way in our marriages one time or another. So you are not alone, and it's okay to feel like this sometimes. I have been married for 9 years now and have felt that way. I never felt that way so soon, guess because I was maybe younger and wasn't as independent as you were but I have felt like I lost myself or didn't know who I was anymore but I have such an understanding husband that when I tell him how I feel he never pushes me away or ignores me, he tries and understands and supports whatever I feel I need to do to make me better and happier. I don't know how supportive your husband is with you or if you've talked to him about this but if he's understanding he will support you and I think like twilight021 responded, gave you some pretty good advice, maybe it would help to find you again, go to the gym again and do things that make you happy. Just because you're in a marriage now and it's not just you now, doesn't have to be a bad thing and mean you're trapped now. The thing that helps me the most is to talk to my husband, ALWAYS, when I feel this way, do things that I like to do on my own time, and with my husband as well. It takes support of each other because I'm sure there are many times he feels the same way. God Bless:)
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@aweins (4199)
• India
13 May 07
Thanx a lot happymommy3, you are one of my best friends out here. i really liked your and swer and am very thanful for your beautiful advice. the only resn i am able to survive after such a big change that i faced after marriage is becuase of my hubby. he is a gem of a person that i have found. i love him a lot, no doubt and he too loves me, infact it will not be writing too much about him by saying that he loves me much much more than i. i is very caring and understanding. i feel it easy to communicate with him every thing that i feel about any person in our house. he understands things well and i think his way of thinking and taking things is very diferent. i looks everthing from a broad spectrum so can help me more. but than too happymommy3, i realy at times feel soooo frustated that i when sit alone in my room i feel like crying and crying and crying and sometimes banging my head to the wall too. i feel like running away from the situation, from everyone, leaving everyone. feel like seeing no one. but then when i think of my hubby, i feel bad and guilty too. i sometimes feel that the way i feel, would he also be feeling in the same way ever, or because he is with his family and i m out , left my parents, so i m in such a situation or mind state. i discuss with him everything. he akways helped me coming out of the situation but i go back to that very fast. that is the major problem. then i feel bad, that because of me i m making my hubby also unhappy and depressed. i dont want to look unnhappy or depressed in front of hi because seeing me in such a state, his work is affected and his daily routine is also disturbed. thans a lot my friend, for responding me. i would always love to hear from you.
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@joycer (498)
• Sri Lanka
26 May 07
How are you now? Sometimes I also feel that way. I have so many frustrations in life. I feel that I have to pusue something in order to suffice myself. My self-esteem. I have read in some books that there are different levels of our human needs. According to Maslow, a psychologist, the hierarchy of needs is innate to us. I guess you are contented with your physiologic and safety needs. The next level is the esteem needs, there is the feeling of wanting to be accepted and self-valued , be it in a profession or hobby. Imbalances at this level can result in low self-esteem ,and inferiority complexes. Do you think you are in this level? Psychological imbalances such as depression can also prevent one from obtaining self-esteem on both levels. Anyways, you just have to have control of yourself, and always think positive. I hope everything will be fine.
@aweins (4199)
• India
26 May 07
Thanx a lot for your response joycer. my hubby is also alwayz telling me the same things. he says that dont listen to everyone, do your work, your duty, pray to GOD, and everything will improve. but it is difficult, atleast for me to simply ignore what someone has said to you, it hurts me a lot. he always tell me to think positive but alwayz is difficult.
@joycer (498)
• Sri Lanka
29 May 07
Do not let your grudges stay inside your heart and mind. Let it out. You can put them into writing. You can punch the punching bag. Maybe you need to release that inner negative feelings that you have. You can cry out loud. But of course there should be discretions. Frankly, I am a negative thinker, always, I don't know why. I hope I can help you , these are just my thoughts and opinions.
@lucgeta (924)
• France
14 May 07
Don't worry so much about us - men I mean. We will be fine whatever you do - pls do not exagerate. You husband knows you love him, no matter if you are in the gym working out. He could even go with you the first week or so. Dress like you want to. I am sure he does not mean anything by saying "you're not going dress like that, are you?" and if he really doesn't like you can make up to him latter. Cheer up a bit, and calm down, because it seems you are not alone.
@aweins (4199)
• India
26 May 07
well i am not exaggerating anything lucgeta, i wrote all what i felt, there wasn't any exaggeration anywhere. and the problem is not with my hubby but with my family and my hubby is the only person who understands me. if i share anything , its with him and nobody else. he has no questions or objections in what i wear or what i eat. i know he loves me that is the reason of survival here otherwise it will be next to impossible for me.
@cherriemae (3370)
• Philippines
20 May 07
for me, frustrations is hard to deal with..specially when theres are times that you really cope with that frustrations and depression..i think, you need to have a motivation with your health, your family and with your marriage life..i know you want to do lots of things in your life but you will not be able to do those, but it's ok girl, just believe in your strength, think positive and always pray, so that God will provide all your needs..have a nice day..