I think everything can seem so much harder when we're having difficulties with our significant other. My husband and I are having some heavy duty money discussions and they are wearing on me as we don't agree with what is going on, he said yesterday he doesn't think we are communicating well. I've noticed a huge increase in my ability to "keep trying". So, I'm falling back and regrouping within myself; finding what I like, want, and can do for me. Shifting my focus slightly from what's not working at the moment outside me, I can "control" what's going on inside, what I'm trying to accomplish there and work on my health and social skills, etc. from the inside where no one can abuse me (provided I don't abuse myself).