Hello jbuttz: Yes, I have this problem. My wife simply doesn't get it. And she doesn't want to get it. It's not that she doesn't believe in mental illness or something like that. She simply wants to pretend that everything's okay. And she's very good at just keeping her head down & plowing through. She also will not participate in any type of counseling or therapy related services. Actually, I'm not big on this either. But my mental health problems have softened me up in this regard.

My answer to this has been to simply exclude her. I know she doesn't really want anything to do with it & I respect her position. I just keep it all to myself. This is part of the reason I'm on PC. It provides me with at least some small outlet.

There was a period of time, a while back, when my wife would suddenly & unexpectedly right out of the blue, so to speak, ask me some question related to the mental health issues I deal with. It came across as more curiosity on her part, than genuine interest. I finally told her that she had to be either all-in or all-out. And since she didn't want to be all-in, she was all-out. I couldn't have her jumping in-&-out whenever her curiosity happened to get the better of her. I guess that was perhaps harsh. But, since no one in my life wants to know anything about what's really going on with me, I have to protect myself.