What is apparent from your post is that you really are clearly unhappy doing your PhD. You're exactly half way through and, at the risk of sounding contentious, I can tell you that it's only going to get harder from this point onwards. For instance, writing up is hell for even the most motivated and enthusiastic of students. If you're experiencing severe depression because of your work, then, thinking of your health, it is logical to leave. After all, what is more important than health and happiness? Since you don't want to be a researcher, there's little point in training and acquiring the skills to be one. Just bear in mind, and you'll probably already be aware of this, that it is very, very difficult to get on a graduate training scheme. I have friends who have taken second degrees and they're still having no luck finding a job. Having quit your PhD after two years, and with not even a masters to show for it, it is going to need some explaining on your CV.
I'm actually thinking as I type this, but why don't you continue for long enough to acquire sufficient data from submitting a masters or even an mphil? That way, you'll have an advantage over graduates when applying for graduate positions. Increasingly, graduate recruiters are looking for graduates with a masters. That way you'll kill two birds with one stone.

Cheers, Teek. If I remember correctly, it was in Rocky 4 that she said that when he was up against Ivan Drago! My opponent (external examiner) is tougher than old Drago. If his brain were muscles he'd probably be...hmm...who's the toughest 80s action hero I know...Arnold Swarztennegger. So, in terms of the intellectual stakes, it's Pee Wee Herman up against the Terminator. Ah well, it's like Rocky says in his 6th outing, 'It's not about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward'. And I'm beaten up daily by the intellectual demands of my work.

So, progress report: 3 more papers to write about and critically review for one of my thesis chapters. Then it all needs to be redrafted and typed up (but I've done the tables).

I hope this is what you mean...

On the menu bar go to edit, down to output styles and then choose numbered.

Thank you Chrisrolinski and Alpacalover for you kind words of encouragement. Things are coming along a bit with my chapter - but I still have loads left to write for it.

Well, didn't do much work today. I watched Rocky 2,3 and 4 (on youtube) in the hope that it would motivate me for tomorrow. Instead, it made me want to be a boxer. Joking aside, I appear to be experiencing a period of low motivation. My supervisor now talks to me as though I've finished my PhD. I haven't the heart to tell her that we're still quite a long way away. It's not that I have lots of chapters to write, it's that the chapters that remain are the hardest to write. What a lot of pretentious rubbish. All I really want to say is, 'Look right, av made this questionnaire to help people and it works. End ov!'

I'd wait for the Kindle 2, which is coming out at the end of this year. It's supposed to be really, really good with even better e-ink technology. With regards to the Ipad, I'm waiting for some of the imitations from Blackberry, Microsoft and Dell. As much as I like the Ipad and it's lovely build quality, I can probably get the same level of functionality and power for a much lower price when the other tablets come out.

I agree with the other posters, you've virtually done all the hard graft. You'll be fine. Best wishes for your wedding.

I echo what everyone else has said. You're making exceptionally good progress. Make sure you have some 'you time' and relax when you can. Well done!

Yeah, Sim makes an important point. She might be a star, but she's not 3 stars like you are! So, should the need (however doubtful) ever arise where you need to pull rank, make sure you make a point of saying, 'I'm an exalted online member of a crack team of PhD students with the 3 star ranking of GeneralKeep_Calm, she might be a star, but there's no way she's a star to the power of 3 like you. Case closed.

Well, it's been 7 days since I last posted. Progress report: bzzzzzzzz bzzzzzzz bzzzzzzz - none detected. Well, that's not entirely true. It's been a ridiculously hard 7 days. I've had to learn grounded theory, narrative, phenomenography, hermeneutics, content analysis (both conventional and directed) - all just for one chapter. I can't wait until this is over! My aim is to get this chapter written for not this Wednesday but next Wednesday. That'll leave me with 3 chapters to do. Maybe when this is all over, I might be able to find my sense of humour again.

Not to be contrary, but it would have been nice to have a 'neither agree or disagree' option. I'm of the opinion that it really doesn't matter. If, historically, medical practitioners felt the need to have the title to distinguish themselves from mere non-descript members of the public, then why not dentists? Why not physiotherapists? Why not other other allied health professionals, provided they distinguish themselves from medical doctors? What I'm trying to say is that it all seems quite whimsical to me, pointless posturing, much ado about nothing.

Have you done enough work to write up as a Masters so that you have something to show for it? As regards what to say and put in your CV, this has been covered quite extensively in the past on this forum. I'd recommend doing a search.
This might be counter to the advice of other and admittedly far wiser people on this forum, but I wouldn't put that you've quit in your CV. I only say this because at the moment there's something like 50+ graduates applying for every graduate level position. If a prospective employer sees that in your CV, without having spoken to you personally about the circumstances behind your decision to leave, he may think you a quitter and put you on the reject pile. You could mention that you are currently studying but are seeking an employment opportunity. This way you stand a better chance of getting an interview. In the interview you can then give your reasons for actually wanting to work instead of study.

Good luck.

As far as CTT is concerned, using factor analysis is right at the top for developing a questionnaire - kudos to you for doing it. It'll help show you have unidimensional subscales that therefore measure individual constructs. If you've then got Cronbach's alphas of between 0.7 and 0.9 for each of those subscales, all the better. See, told you that questionnaire of yours isn't crap.

Sneaks, it's not a problem. If you've got an item that doesn't seem to belong to any of the factors (which will make up subscales), which you've shown with your EFA, you can delete it as part of item reduction. You've shown that it doesn't actually belong to any of the subscales.

If I remember what I read about factor analyses correctly, you go for the factor the items loads highest on. However, don't forget that you can rotate the factor analysis until you get the most 'pleasing' factor loadings. It's quite subjective in that respect.

I know what factor analysis is about, but I've never actually run one. Are you sure that it has run correctly? It just seems very strange for you to end up with factors that look like that.
I don't think you should pretend that you never made the questionnaire. It's still viable. You can always make the suggestion that an EFA constitutes further work for your questionnaire. I'm at a loss to explain why? Have you tried rotating it? If your questionnaire was so bad, then you'd expect lots of factors or no factors.
What are the 'it has been easy' and 'I rarely' questions trying to measure in general terms (that won't identify you or your research)? Lots of different things from one another?