Found a good spot to type all this out so I apologize for the length. (You can find the preamble in my history) Friday my cousin asked me if I could get out of work and go take care of his dog at a hotel as he was preparing an intervention for his wife. So I get there and he has me read a 16 page written statement with the entire series of events laid out. It was breaking my heart to read this, as I am close with his wife as well. I had no idea about any of the mental health issues she was dealing with. Her father had come down with the flu last year, and contracted meningitis while his immune system was compromised. His body just couldn't fight them both off. It was extremely tragic, with their wedding less than a year away (at the time).
Back in June (father's day) she had a mental break where she accused my cousin of cheating on her. She had looked through his ipad and found a text from a woman (who was his higher up) that was talking about how they had a great time at dinner and loved meeting his wife. She neglected to acknowledge that part that she was at the dinner. My cousin vehemently denied everything she was saying. She became enraged and started hitting him. He locked himself in the bathroom and called his dad to pick him up and take him home. By the time his dad had gotten there, she had been beating on the door so hard she developed bruises on her hands. She threatened to call the police on my cousin and tell them he beat her and that she would "take everything he had and ruin his life".
After that incident, they got her therapy and she was placed on anti-psychotics/anxiety/depression medication. Everything from that point on was very smooth, the wedding went without incident. However, she had stopped taking her medication 2 weeks prior to the wedding, because she felt like she was gaining weight on the pills. Her mother reassured her she didnt even need them (she has her own issues). During this time she had told my cousin she was still on her pills, when she had really been throwing them away.
Last week, the night before my cousin left on a business trip, she had a very similar episode. Threatened him with the police/his livelihood/cheating. He could tell she was off her meds by her eyes being completely dilated. She got physical with him again and was speaking in gibberish according to him. She could not put together coherent sentences and seemed lost in her own reality. He locks himself in the basement to sleep on the couch alone that night, and left without her knowing in the morning. He's sitting in the delta sky lounge when he sees her come in. She got a flight on the same plane and ends up swapping seats with a woman to sit next to him. He does not want to speak to her at all, but doesn't want to escalate anything so he keeps it cool. They get off the flight and he tells her he has his own hotel room and is very busy this weekend. She ubered around the city and went to 3 different Hiltons "looking for her husband" before she finally found the one he was staying at. She went to his room multiple times through the night banging on the door telling him to get his whores out of the room, etc. My cousin pleaded with security to not have her arrested multiple times. She is beyond lucky her career wasnt ruined in any of this.
So Friday, he goes to his house and has an intervention with both sets of families. He recorded the whole thing, read his statement and left his house around 6:30 PM to come back to the hotel/his dog. It was one of the saddest moments of my life seeing him come back through that door. He loves his wife so much, and the woman he was dealing with was not her. He couldnt even be mad at her, just this horrible situation. Praying that she gets the help she needs and they can repair their marriage.
(might delete this by end of day)