Moking Joe, I think you are right in some respects, it is mostly women who post here, I think that is because D in men is seriously under diagnosed and unrecognised. I think that without recognition that there is a mood disorder playing havoc with our relationships, it is unlikely that there will be an outcome where both parties are still together, mostly they see the solution as being about escape, escape from the relationship, their work, their physical environment or whatever it is they have decided is the problem that is external to them. Rationalising this illness and the effects it has is very difficult, but it is what we, as well and healthy people with a fully functioning brain try to do - all they are trying to do is get through the day, the two cannot meet, without some serious intervention. Glad you feel you can vent, it must be necessary for you at the moment,
regards,
Erin