I know sometimes I feel like I am bipolar hahahha...my husband always say that I am. Cause I can be happy one minute then like WTH the next. But I come to the conclusion that I am a girl so my emotional state is just that...like a roller coaster. Heck, I even have my crying days too....it's nice to have one of those.
I think with midlife crisis and everything else, just get help. With Peter, I still believe that is something he needs to do. If he loves his kids enough he has to do it. He can't see their faces and think what he's doing is OK. I hope he gets the help because those kids deserve better...they are the helpless ones.
To me it's more like being overwhelmed in life than anything else. Trust me, I have been there many times over. My husband is in the military and there are times I am a single mom to my kids more than I liked and not to add, I have my parents to take care of. Everything of them falls on me even if I am the youngest kid that has 2 small boys to take care of. My brothers and sister has no kids but the responsibility of my parents fall on me. When my husband is gone, I feel the world is on my shoulders where I am spread thin between my kids, my parents and then my breathing space. I get a lot of that overwhelmed sense but I can't do anything about it and deal with it. Not so much for myself but for my kids and my parents that needed me. Of course, once in a while you feel like giving up because it's a lot on your plate, but you just can't do it for the mere fact others need you more. If one wants help there is help. But the desire to do so has to come from the individual and how much love they have for those around them.