Dear MissCat42:

You are welcome. I guess he is “hanging onto the feeling of excitement and joy at finding a property we could ‘afford’ and where we could achieve our ‘dreams'”, because if he lets go of this excitement/ joy, he is back to the despair and hopelessness that characterize depression.

To help him, stick to your rational thinking (and don’t invest money unwisely so to feed his excitement for just a little longer!) and spend time with him, if he lets you, doing little things together, some fun things perhaps, bowling (an example that came to mind), some physical activities. Hopefully he will gradually get off that exciting/ joyful ride he got on, a ride that would have brought you and him a lot of misery later on.

Post anytime you want to, and I will be glad to reply to you again.

anita