That is a huge blow. The male instinct to be provider is very strong.

I started out climbing the ladder to success, getting married, having a baby, etc. since then it has been a roller coaster. Mostly barely keeping my head above water. Sometimes being in pretty good shape financially and sometimes drowning. I am about to turn 50 this month and it is at it's worst. No I didn't envisage at all my life being this way. I can tell you without a doubt that depression was the determining factor.

I was also shocked when I found out Meriwhether Lewis was a depressive, committed suicide, and viewed himself a failure after all he did.

Maybe the lesson for us is to give ourselves credit for what we have accomplished and overcome and not blame ourselves for what depression has robbed us of.

I know that doesn't change your current circumstances.

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