Happy belated B-day Mighty!
I really feel you, Mighty. I am very much right there with you feeling so many of the same things you are. Thing is you have it worse in many ways. The fact that you are standing still, there for your S18 and D14 says so much about how strong you really are inside. It's that strength that will get you back on your feet better than you were before, in the end. I think everyone here see's this in you.

Bea, while I think you are spot on with the fact that the MLCer feels that guilt deep down, the fact is that so many of them started their journey with depression. My W, when she was depressed, would feel all kinds of deep guilt. Guilt about things that she shouldn't have felt guilt about. Now, she is doing so many things that she should feel REAL guilt about and it only makes her keep pushing farther and faster. It's almost like she is going backwards. When she was depressed (still?) she let unfounded guilt crush her, now she refuses to feel the guilt that should tell her what she is doing is wrong. Just something I find interesting.