Coming Back To Life

[tigerlily78]

I would say you are right that he is trying extra hard to be the "center of attention" ... and the reason he no longer seems depressed is because he is working overtime to make sure he has someone to constantly distract him and keep him entertained. If he doesn't have time to sit still and have one deep thought, he can avoid the depression... at least for awhile. Yes to both validating and asserting, I see this with mine too. It's projecting this confident "lady killer" persona to mask the underlying insecurities. They can't be a "sad loser" if all these ladies are eating them up with a spoon, right? :P

The cycling in and out of depression during replay is really common place. Some cycle fast (like day to day) and some cycle in much bigger turns. Some come really close to "rock bottom" many times and still manage to rebound into replay again. It may take your H a few more trips to the bottom until he doesn't have the emotional energy to get back up to party again.