If you're interested, Google an article titled Seratonin: From Bliss to Despair, by a Dr. Carver. It outlines the chemical changes, leading to behavioral changes, which occur during a depression. The article helped me to understand why it was useless to try to read anything in my H's MLC behaviour, so that I could detach.
Remember when your kids were tiny, and all you could dream about was having a little kid-free time to yourself? Right now, you've got some of that time. The people who emerge the strongest after their partners' MLCs are those who actually use the alone time it gives them to the fullest.
