I have thought for a very long time that my wife had some kind of mental illness, but she would never see a doctor about it. Last December she became psychotic (I didn't even know what the word meant before then) and endangered our kids. I had to call 911. She was taken to the hospital and admitted to a locked psychiatric ward for seven days. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder with psychotic features and with PTSD. After her release from the hospital, she refused to comply with her treatment plan. She never took her meds, saw her psychiatrist, or saw her therapist. The entire month of January she was angry and belligerent. She insisted on divorcing me (something she has said that she has wanted for years). I finally gave up and filed for divorce. We are still living together (because I will not leave the kids alone with her). She is still being very abusive to me.

The following picture is something I've made to help me clarify why I cannot be married to her anymore: