I think I am pretty much doing the same thing in terms of going darker than normal. It is obvious that there is nothing that I can do to make her "not angry". She can really take some nasty little shots when she is mad, and I don't care to expose myself to that right now. It's really the first time in awhile that I have had no desire to talk to her at all. Maybe there is a therapeutic component to LRT/going dark. Still, oddly enough, I miss her - but I can only do and take so much.
I wouldn't classify her as emotionally abusive at all, but when her anger hits a certain level she can really bite. Puts me in an odd space, because I really don't know how to DB when we are here. Guess it will just take patience for her to stop being so mad.