Even though everyone says not to listen to the words of the MLC'er, I think I have tended to think that his actions come from guilt - that he says he doesn't feel the love for me that he thinks he should...that now I am "healthy" again I should be free of him to pursue a better life. This makes me afraid.
But his actions show me differently. And your insight makes perfect sense.
Most of us are about as happy as we make up our minds to be.