Hi,
Hope someone can point me in the right direction.
My partner had a diagnosis last week. He was very calm and positive while telling the family, but since then is very wobbly emotionally. (Totally understandable). I tried to support him, but said something unhelpful, which he interpreted as saying I knew more about his illness than he did and not listening to him. Needless to say, I had not yet read those helpful booklets about talking to someone with cancer..
We now seem to be in a downward spiral. Both of us are shocked and scared and now he is very angry as well. He has said some unbelievably hurtful things and has refused to let me send in any question to the specialist at the next appointment (something previously he had agreed to).
I would dearly love to be in a position to support him, but he just seems to want to hurt me emotionally. No idea how to rescue the situation.
