I'm not buying that this is all MLC. Or even depression. This just sounds crazy. Like there is something seriously wrong with him besides MLC. I know there is nothing "normal" about MLC, but how do you know there isn't something else wrong? How do you know it isn't Bipolar or something else?
Because that ‘s what MLC is. You are still baffled that this stereotypical joke called MLC is really as bad as it is. MLC often looks like bipolar—in the beginning people asked me if my husband was bipolar when I described his behaviours.
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So, now I am wondering what do you do if you think it's more than MLC? I know that untreated depression is dangerous.
MLC is a depression. Treatment is up to him. Dangerous or not, he has to do it himself for it to work.
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h is sliding fast down the abyss! I don't want to just ignore his behavior and then beat myself up forever if he cracks up or worse.
This is one of the most difficult parts of Standing. Help him by praying—Stand by kneeling down to pray. It hurts to watch those you love spiral into self-destruction. It hurts knowing they are doing it and seeing it happen. And yet interfering is not helpful. Surrender.
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I know that is what God is trying to teach me. To wait. To not jump in and rescue him. To let him crash on his own and reap the consequences.
I’d say you are close. God is not teaching you to wait—Standing isn’t still. He is teaching you patience.
