AmyC, I think your description is right on. I don't think my W is 'crazy' even though I might say that. I know she's in a life crisis that is as you described a "mental overload".
Maybe it's not exactly as Ford describes, it's not the lack of character as much as it is the undeveloped one. It's like someone else said, the good person with lot's of potential is there, they just aren't nurturing their potential for whatever reason.
I know I was stuck a long time. I'm unstuck now. W has been living off my strengths. Now she has to live off her own.
