"He thinks he is all that and then some. He believes that goes through life handling everything pretty much the "right" way. It's only ME that has the problem or causes the problem."
Did you read this on the depression fallout site?:
Quote: The many people interviewed for my first book who live with and love someone with a depressive illness had remarkably similar comments to make about their dilemma. Prime among them were three complaints:
* Nothing I do is right * Nothing I do is enough * Everything is always my fault.
Sooner or later, they accepted this as true despite all evidence to the contrary.
Sounds to me like he's in that phase of depression where he's convinced himself that everything would be fine except for YOU.
It's tough to deal with, I know. Letting it depress YOU does NOT help the sitch.
What could you be doing right now that would be a 180, that might pique his interest?