Yep, and I can relate to everything you said in your post. It was like I was dealing with another person other than the one I had known for nearly 2 decades. That said, I still had to do everything that I did. I still had to give it my maximum effort to salvage whatever I could.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.