I am disabled due to chronic pain. I am being treated for rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative disk disease, Fibromyalgia, osteoporosis and depression. My husband treats me badly by treating me disrespectfully and criticizing me constantly, even to the point of looking for things with which to nit pick. He also infantilizes me although I am mentally sound. I have told him that his behavior is unacceptable and that it keeps me depressed. Every time that I begin to feel upbeat, he always knocks me back down and I become even more depressed. It seems that it even makes my pain increase. I stay in a very stressed state waiting for the other shoe to drop I feel as if I am always walking through a field of land mines .. Is his behavior toward me harmful to my health and, if so, what are the potentially serious effects?