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Is this a symtom of some disorder.

My husband  spends a lot of time alone and likes it that why. Dont care to be arounfd people , not evenb family. He tolerates it when he has to. For the poast 5 years  I have seen him just sitting still and staring out into space as if he is deep thought. He is arguementive and he thinks he is the only person that is right about anything. Does not want to travel anywhere if he can get out of it. Used to drive long distances but has stopped in the last 3 years. He does everything from habit, exactly the same everyday and dont like anything to change it. He locks up the house at 5 o'clock everyday and closes all the blinds by 7. It is still light outside, sometimes even the sun shinning. He watches war shows constantly, everyday and night. Daytime is spent on the computer. He has a nightmare about every 3 or 4 months, the same one all the time. Kicking nd screaming. Says he dont remember any of it and dont want to talk about it. We recently bought a house and he took care of the details. He didnt have my name on the deed but it was on the mortgage. I signed where they told me to and never dreamed I would be excluded in the house ownership. My income is deposited directly to a joint acct. and I never see a dime of it. He refuses to fix it. He wasnt like this 10 years ago when we first met. What is wrong with him. Does he have symtoms of a disorder that I should be aware of ? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you, Myle.
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I think Annie is right.  He sounds like an ***.  He may benefit from counseling although sometimes/most of the time it's really hard to get someone that thinks they know everything to go somewhere to hear their ignorance exposed.  I would start taking steps to protect yourself mentally and financially.  It's just a good idea.
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I would venture OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). Read into it, it might surprise you how many symptoms he has. Remember it's a spectrum disorder meaning, it can range from mild to severe. It is definitely definitely something I would look into. It's progressive with age and does not get better in it's own, only worse. If this is not the man you used to know, then he might be stowing in a disease. Get him help. Get yourself support so you can learn how to help properly. B****ing at him will solve nothing as he is most likely completely unaware if his condition. Hope this helps! One love
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He is an ***. He is probably not mentally ill. Not all bad behavior is caused by mental illness. He would probably benefit from therapy as you can learn different behavior but I doubt he would agree to it. Instead, you should go to therapy to learn how to either deal with it or leave.
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He does try to control me in every way that he can and gets mad when he cant get his way. He likes to have his beer starting in the afteroon and up until 5 when he comes in the house and starts closing up everything. He sits thenon the back patio and waits on supper. He gets mad if supper is late because I go somewhere with my daughter and dont get back in time to fix his supper. I cannot do anything right for him. Most of his suppers are served to him either on the patio or in front of the tv. I am his waitress for everything he needs without getting up. What do you think could be wrong with him?
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He sounds really controlling. :/ While some of that could be caused by bipolar, that doesn't excuse his behavior. You deserve better than that.
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