The more I read and observe my W, the more I believe she is in the throes of a MLC. She has made one or two passing comments about a traumatic childhood. (Her nose was broken when she was still an infant. She apparently has scar tissue from being beaten up. By whom, I don't know.) She is not close to her family. She does not get along with her mother and her brother does not talk to her. The only person she felt close to, her father, passed away years ago. She had several triggers in the last few years: inability to have children; diagnosed with gluten intolerance; stress and general unhappiness with work. She started IC to deal with the stress of work. At some point, I was made to blame for her unhappiness. BD was not long after. Since moving out, she has been angry, hysterical, sobbing, solemn, withdrawn, and generally depressed. She moved out expecting a lot of things. I think she thought some weight would be lifted and she would be happy again, but that hasn't happened. Every now and then she makes a comment which suggests she recognizes things were not all as she thought they were. She is clearly depressed and is avoiding everything and everyone. I believe she has an avoidant personality, which does not bode well for my chances at reconciliation.
