Why does my wife seem like she is in a trance sometimes? I mean like, literally in a trance. When she cycles/spirals through a depression episode, there are times where her eyes seem very distant, like she's staring off into space, and not quite here on the planet earth. She acts like she's just going through the motions ('robotic' is the word that comes to mind) during these episodes.
Also, can someone share with me a good explanation of what this 'replay' means that I keep reading about around here? How do I identify some of the different MLC 'stages' in my wife's behavior? I don't really understand what 'replay' means, but I definitely observe instances where my poor wife seems stuck - kinda like a song that keeps repeating itself over and over. Another thing, how do I contextualize my wife's behavior when she goes through stretches of time (could be a few days, or even a couple of weeks) where she seems to slowly inch forward out of the 'tunnel', and then starts withdrawing again? For example, the past two weeks my wife has been quite engaged with the plants and rosebush we have here at home. I had seen a lot of small (but strong) glimpses of my 'real' wife, and felt hopeful that she was inching her way out of the tunnel to an extent. However, over the last 2-3 days I have noticed that she has become more withdrawn and less interested in the plants. What causes this 'peeking/running back into the tunnel'? Is it ME somehow causing these cycles to repeat? Is it influence from her EA partner? Or, does it just happen this way with MLC?
