The Expert Who Kept Eye Drops From Blinding You Was Fired Yesterday

TBF there could have been other things, like the person who went blind having a major personality change.

It’s easy to say stuff like this, but the harsh reality is that disability (especially if it’s sudden disability later in life) is a massive stressor for everyone involved. Suddenly going blind is an instant and massive lifestyle change for everyone surrounding the victim.

There’s also all of the co-morbid stuff that follows a sudden disability. Depression, anxiety, resentment, PTSD, etc all have the capacity to drastically change a person’s attitude and outlook on life.

I seriously doubt the breakup was instant. My bet is that it was a slow wedge that got driven between them, as the husband also had to adjust to the new limited lifestyle and began to resent her disability for it. Plus with the associated depression and trauma that inherently follows situations like this, the relationship 100% has the potential to be slowly strangled.

Source: Am married to someone who was left disabled by a sudden disease. We’re still married, but that’s largely because we were both willing to do a lot of therapy and work to remain together. And I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss my social life before my partner’s disability.

Wouldn't jump to conclusions here.There's a million different scenarios of how this might've gone down. I've seen some people grow incredibly bitter after becoming disabled or chronically ill. They'd push anyone away.

It's a pretty big life change for one. Plus, their finances obviously changed. Not necessarily easy for anyone to handle those kinds of changes.