I am in the middle of a very debilitating flare up of my depression. I am feeling like hiding in a dark quiet place and keeping the world away. My spouse keeps acting like anything I ask him to do is unreasonable. I asked him to hold me and he put a wimpy arm around me and was mad when I said that was not what i wanted, I wanted to be held tight, he said I am. He askes me what he can do to help. I tell him I need him to act as a buffer to the world and keep me protected until I get it under control again. He looks at me all blank and then he tells me about somethings that happened while I was at work that were no big deal to him that would have freeked me out even if I was totally fine that added to my stress a hundred fold and when I asked him why he said that he said I didn't know that would bother you, I forgot that things that can happen freek you out. How can I make him understand how I feel, that I feel like I am exposed and unsafe and that I cant even hardly keep from screaming and crying and jumping in the car to drive to some place far away and leaving everything behind just to try to find a break from the constant stress and responsability that I am under that I cant handle at the moment. How can I get him to understand how scared and alone I feel and how much I need him. How can I help myself without shutting him out if he is going to continue to add to the issues. Please help, I see things falling apart and I cant seem to find the strength to collect all of the peices.