How to stay sane when your partner is in a depressive rut


I hope life has been treating you well.

Something awful happened at home again and it drove my wife to consider a double-suicide with my daughter. Thankfully the worst is over now, but that episode took me out for a week or two.

Trying to recover from this sort of ordeal is tough. I wrote something that helped me, and I hope it might help you if you’re struggling through a depressive rut that comes from your close ones.

How to stay sane when your partner is in a depressive rut

Hope this helps you somewhat.

(As I’m editing this, another new ordeal surfaced 😓. It’s not easy. It’s not simple either, especially when everything you say gets misinterpreted).

I hope we manage to make it to our therapy session next Tuesday.

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