I'm  a 36 year old  woman  who  spent  her whole  life  without  emotions, some due to trauma repression, some  to a long time drug abuse, the rest I believe  is called  apathy ( lack of emotions  ) that's  my phrasing  but I really  didn't  feel  anything. I hope  that  is the  correct  medical  term. I I with my experiences  would  like  to  walk  you  through  my life and  hopefully  it will  help others to understand  that there are mental  health  illnesses  that every member  of the diagnosed  person's  life will  be  affected  also. This  doesn't  have  to  be  the  end  of  the  relationship  it's  just  another  chapter  in  all  of your lives  that will most  likely  be  difficult  but is worth  adapting  for. My marriage  has been  strained  and slowly  chipped  away  at as my manic episodes  lasted  longer  and  longer  until  I  had  a six  month  straight  photocopy manic episode. I  almost  lost  everything. I  am  still  working  out  some  problems  but I now have only three to four  days a month  with severe  manic issues . Things  are  looking  up and I'm  grateful. It's  not  great  but at least  I  and my family  have a lull to recover  before  it happens  again , and it always doed.