My H bottoming out was truly frighteneing for me standing by and watching.
During this time he was so depressed, angry and blamed everything for his position but as time went on he withdrew into his self even when with the children. I saw many times how he would move off to the mother ship for ages with no acknowledgement of his surroundings etc. He felt and looked as if everything was hopeless. He even said what is the point of going on. That H could stop it by crashing his car. I told him it solved nothing as a lot of people would be devastated by this way to deal with it. I also believe that he trashed a flat we own which is currently empty. I believe his alcohol consumption went through the roof.
His withdrawal was physical for a short while but now he hides in his work.
His depression is still present but much less. As you know from my thread after bottoming out I began to see positive steps towards us as a family.
This was the hardest part of MLC I have yet to watch as we can't help as they have to face their issues and then start to deal with them themselves. It is a major part of their journey and way back from the fantasy land they live in.
