OB,

Ok...I'll get you some contacts in the bay area.

Yes....you are still married. And your marriage is in process going through a rough spot...but you are still married.

Excellent activities. You go for it.

I also suggest excercise: nature's anti-depressant. It'll also make you feel and look sexier/powerful.

The whole idea of hobbies/interests that consume your attention, where you lose your sense of time have amazing curative properties. Tennis, golf, rock-climbing, painting, karate, etc.

I find that biking, or simple repetitive cardio activity that doesnt require extreme focus makes me worse. The blood gets circulating, and the oxygen gets to my brain, which makes it go on "overdrive" and I end up brooding and getting mad. If you run or bike, I suggest an i-POD with music or a lecture, so that you don't brood on your marriage. Sounds silly, but that's my experience.

Think of this time of "getting a life" as you entering a cave of wonders for a deep tranformative jouney. You will emerge a wonderful, luminous, compassionate, powerful, irresistible sex-godess capable of turning any man's head. The problem is, your light is so bright that only a true-hearted man will be attracted to you. So....if your husband doesn't find you interesting, then this says something about him. You will be patient, and you will woo him back. But his heart will betray him. If he's worthy of you, he'll approach, and be transformed by your brilliance, if he's a blackheart, and stays awat, then, my dear, you will sadly, but with some relief, let him go.

The scary part, dear is for him. Can he keep up? You are the one gaining ground, day by day, transforming into a more amazing woman.

--Theoden