Can someone help explain what kinds of things trigger the 'cycling'...in women?
My wife has been experience a pretty serious cycle of depression for last few days. When she came to pick up our daughter she was quite agitated. I've learned to identify when the other, younger personality comes out, and boy, was she in full force this evening. It's so surreal to ask what I'd consider a pretty benign question, and see this 'personality' get all defensive and angry, and spewing about "I've had enough of you...I just want to get away from you..." and repeats literally about 10-12 times, "I just want to say as clearly as possible to you that I will never, never come back to you or this family or this house!"
And, I'm standing there flabbergasted thinking to myself, "What just happened here? I just got back from Hawaii, haven't given this woman ANY trouble for quite awhile. What's come over her?" She was acting very, very immature and.....the word that comes to mind is 'bratty.' I know it sound rude to say it this way, but it kind of reminded me of how our 10-year old son acts when he's in one of his moods, and he's putting up a huge fit about having to go to bed and put his toys away. Soooo, what causes MLC spouses to 'flip a switch' so easily? Where does the 'child' go when the cycle is over? For a woman in MLC, could the cycling be more extreme during her monthly PMS? Related to the full moon? (Tonight is a full moon isn't it? What do I need to learn here?
During my wife's tirade this evening I had a very strong sense that the 'brat' was the one pushing for divorce, saying that 'she' wants to get away from, etc..., and NOT my 'real' wife (wherever she is hiding inside herself). Am I stupid for feeling this way?
