I wish there was a way to break that cycle of isolation. It feels like it could be a key issue. I know that, when I'm depressed, I find it frighteningly easy to blame irrelevant problems on something that's frustrating me. Okay, let me just be honest, and say, "when I'm in a bad mood, it's easy for me to blame Chris for things that aren't her fault", though it's not just Chris... I've blamed other people and things (living and otherwise). Since she's a cause of some real problems, it's hard to keep it separate, and, of course, no one admits that the reason that they're angry is that they haven't had a fun night out with friends in two years.