My oldest still longs for his father's approval, is seeing a counselor to work out his issues over his father's abandonment of him during a recent crisis. He's struggling to finish college, having been derailed by depression. Has mild Asperger's and struggles socially as a result of that.
My middle child was doing great in college, then suffered a severe depressive episode and had to stop. Still working out of that. She was closest to her dad, seems conflicted about the fact that he abandoned her financially when this happened Has a steady girlfriend that I like very much.
My youngest child suffered severe depression and dropped out of college. Has a girlfriend but they are constantly breaking up and getting back together. Feels like there is "no point" to marriage and that everything in life is a sham, can't be trusted, will fall apart on you.
As you can see, all have had serious struggles with mood disorders. Perhaps they would have had them anyway, their father has mild bipolar traits and depression himself, they probably inherited something from him. But his recent behavior hasn't helped matters any.
