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Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

I can completely relate to your husband. Last year I felt the same, I wanted to go off grid and I felt completely fed up with society as a whole, everything seemed so pointless and going back to my human roots and focusing on survival seemed more real than the false life we're living. I wanted to live in the woods, grow food, get chickens and be free.

There wasn't any easy solution. CBT therapy really helped, reading really helped as it was a healthy form of escapism (other than others I tried or considered like drugs, alcohol, hanging myself or running away to the woods).

It's understandable that you feel stuck and don't want to be homeless, but giving him ultimatum saying you'll leave him if he quits his job probably isn't helping his depression. You're probably only good thing in his life.

If I'm going to recommend one thing - it's both of you reading a book called "Reasons to Stay Alive", by Matt Haig. https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Reasons-Stay-Alive-Matt-Haig/1782115080 Nothing has ever made me think about or understand my depression like this book, it was far better than antidepressants.