Withdrawal, The Worst Stage Yet?

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Gerda,

I don't recall many people coming here and discussing their spouses revisiting the four stages of denial, anger, replay and withdrawal, i.e., all wrapped up into one last visit before settling down. By the time some of these crisis people wake up, the spouses have moved on and aren't around to witness the "mass" confusion" towards the end.

But it does make sense that the way they enter the crisis would also be the way that they exit it. For example, we are the first people that they distance from when entering the crisis, then come the kids, pets, friends, family and co-workers and the order would be the exact opposite when they begin to exit the crisis. If you haven't read the thread that I created on reconnection, you might want to read it. Here's the link:

TMAK: Explanation of Reconnection (new)

In my opinion, I think your h is stuck and has never left the anger/replay stage. True it's been a long time, but some of them do get stuck and they cycle over and over again until all of the issues are resolved. I don't think he's any where near exiting his crisis...but again, that's my opinion.

BTW, I edited your last posting to remove your reference to another site/person. That individual use to post here and created her own site later on and we aren't allowed to reference other sites that serve the same purpose as this one. She used the stages posted by someone else and went more in depth due to her own crisis, as well as that of her h. Timelines and behaviors do vary from person to person.