She's said in the past that just leaving her in times of crisis is the most damaging thing I've ever done to her.
Can you mirror her words back to her in SET format to start a conversation?
I've tried that (at least the SE part). We always get lost in the T bit as her anger is just existential and you can't say anything that makes her want to resolve it - she just wants to make sure I know how angry she is and will continue to be unless I change my behaviour towards her. She confuses me with eloquence and close analysis of every word I use, demands to know why I use a particular word or phrase, tells me it's inappropriate, irrelevant, derails the conversation, etc and before I know it we are in yet another conflict about my inability to use basic communication skills (I might say that my work involves communication and although not perfect seems to satisfy most of those I work with). The other day I tried to be honest with her instead of pulling wool over her eyes about the fact I was feeling under the weather and not able to call her and we've now had three days of her going on about how I don't understand, break my word, go back on everything I say and she's going to quit everything and give up. All because I needed a good night's sleep and a break (only 24 hours) of communication. I gave her definite times after that 24 hours I could talk to her but it wasn't good enough. She said she only needed 5 minutes of my time and I refused to give it, and then tried to justify my refusal. So she was through and was going to quit everything. Now she's not talking at all but just says, there's no point, I warned you this would happen if you abandoned me, don't be surprised that it has.