A woman with an undisclosed mental illness, which is astoundingly well depicted, suffers through episodic breakdowns and realizes denying herself motherhood is at the root of her dysfunction.

Sorrow and Bliss is raw and too uncomfortable, especially if you've suffered from that special kind of destructive depression.

"No marriage makes sense to the outside world because a marriage is its own world."

"The next day Patrick did his impression of a husband who hadn't had things thrown at him the night before."

"It isn't that you want to die, it is that you know you are not supposed to be alive."

This was a gorgeous, intimate progression into the mind of a troubled woman who finally gets help after struggling for years with an undiagnosed mental affliction. The examination of self against society at the intersection of personal responsibility was stellar.