‘Lonely and resentful’ Constance Hall reveals husband Denim’s trait that makes her ‘rage’: ‘This isn’t spoken about enough’

Constance Hall claims she feels ‘lonely, angry and exhausted’ due to an ongoing problem with her husband.

The mother of six, of Perthrevealed that her partner Denim Cooke has been suffering from ‘stages of chronic sleeplessness’ since they first met in 2017.

Constance said Denim has been sleeping all day for the past few months in an attempt to “block out the world.”

‘People think that [it’s] nothing and when he was in a coma i was also mad at myself for letting something like too much sleeping happen to me but it’s not nothing. It affects 100 percent of my life,” the “mummy blogger” wrote in a lengthy Facebook post.

‘Half the time he doesn’t even really sleep, he lies in bed with a T-shirt wrapped around his head, blocking out the world. Meanwhile, our whole house is always a pigsty.’

Denim was involved in a horror motorcycle accident in August 2020, which left him in a coma. He was flown to a trauma unit at Royal Perth Hospital and suffered seven broken ribs, punctured lungs, multiple infections and brain injuries after skidding from his bike.

But Constance says his sleep problems started long before his accident.

Although she “loves her husband” and has overcome several issues with him in the past, Constance says she has to do housework and has difficulty with daily chores.

The controversial mummy blogger vented her frustrations in an honest Facebook post

She said Denim hasn’t gotten out of bed in recent months unless she makes him.

She added that when he’s not sleeping, he’s her “dream man,” but when he’s not there “it’s a struggle.”

She explained that it wouldn’t be a problem if he was mindlessly scrolling on his phone or taking short 30-minute naps, but that’s not the case.

‘But a friend once said to me, “I don’t think people realize you’re not exaggerating when you say he’ll sleep all day every day during these phases. I had to see it to believe it” – and it makes me behind feeling angry, lonely and exhausted,” she added.

‘So I’m not going to lie and say, ‘Love is all in agreement’, I’m not going to say that being in a relationship with someone with mental health, diagnosed or undiagnosed, or someone with past or current addictions, is like like being with someone who doesn’t.’

Constance tried to help Denim with the problem, but nothing seemed to help.

‘I think back to all the things we tried, routine, gyms, cutting off weed completely and then bringing it back, the CBD oil, antidepressants that did nothing, meditation, he was even prescribed ADHD stimulants but refused to try them because she would keep him from sleeping,” she said.

‘He’s not tired, that can’t possibly be, after weeks of sleep. Half the time he doesn’t even really sleep, but lies in bed with a T-shirt wrapped around his head, blocking out the world. Meanwhile, our whole house is always a pigsty,” Constance wrote

The honest post resonates with others struggling with similar issues

‘It’s damn tiring. It’s all well and good if someone has to shut the world out to cope, but where does that leave the woman he considers his world?’ she added.

‘Love and happiness don’t always travel the same path. We stick to love, but it takes me away from happiness every now and then.’

The honest post resonated with others struggling with similar issues.

“I love your honesty honey. It’s refreshing, just like you. I have followed you from the beginning and admire you as a woman and as a parent. Well done,” one person wrote.

“Thank you for being vulnerable. This world needs more of that. More truths, no matter how big or small. So thank you,” another added.

A third said: ‘I recognize it so much. The husband has a mental illness. Initially he resisted the diagnosis, the treatment, the guidance.’