"Your husband has a cruel streak and seems to get his kicks by embarrassing you in public. Dry those tears, and the next time it happens, smile and calmly tell the cashier your husband is off his meds and delusional, and to pay no attention to him. I don't know why your husband is being passive-aggressive and neither will you unless you talk with a marriage and family therapist about it. Please don't wait."
"A woman was coming down the aisle while I was talking and when I talk, I gesture with my hands and Sid warned her, Watch out! She's mean! She's violent! At another store, he told the cashier, Watch out! She's dangerous! She'll steal something! She's a shoplifter. Then when we got back in the car he said, Man, why did you buy more cookies? You've eaten that whole pack already!"
A wife of 49 years reports a husband who repeatedly humiliates her in public by warning others that she is mean, violent, dangerous, a shoplifter, and by mocking her eating. He dismisses her feelings by comparing her to her mother and calling her too sensitive. The immediate behavioral recommendation is to remain calm, deflect the embarrassment, label the husband's comments as delusional to bystanders, and seek marriage and family therapy promptly. Another correspondent reports a major surgery and cancer scare that triggered persistent fear of death, daily crying, physical pain, and a crisis of faith. Persistent mortality anxiety after a health scare merits emotional support, counseling, and clinical intervention.
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