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[quote=Anonymous]STBXDH struggles with depression and ADD. A therapist told me that a common, but dangerous, response is to think that if you just make some radical change (house, job, hobby, diet) then everything will immediately be better. For 20 years I was included/went along with these changes, as the family went from paleo to vegan overnight, and so on. I had to kill several attempts to move to new states because neither of us had jobs in the new state, or it wasn't fair to yank the kids out of their schools on a whim. Finally he decided that ditching the wife and mortgage was the key to his happiness. He also turned 50 that year, so it's hard to separate from a midlife crisis, and probably includes both. He had a breakdown (hospitalized for a few hours) six months after leaving. If I have any advice to OP, it's to get a therapist to convince her DH that indulging himself and making major life changes won't bring happiness as long as the problem is in his own head and goes untreated.[/quote]

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