Hello all.

I am your husband. Or, at least, I was. I was like this ten years ago and I'm feeling the same way again. Ten years ago, I became consumed with my work. Fearful of losing my job and under the gun of a difficult customer, I burned 60-70 hours per week.

My wife quit work to stay at home with my son. 3 years in, I became very distant from her. My descent in to obsession kept her and my son away from me. Eventually, my wife broke down and collapsed. She needed psychiatric help and I sought help myself.

This was the turning point. Get help for both of you. Somewhere in there is a fear in your husband or wife who is overworking. Unless their passion is in work, there is something else driving them.

One thing that held me back from talking is a lack of friends. I had work and home, nothing else. I was caught with no one to share with about ideas and concerns, pains and pressures. That's where therapy helped me get through.

Find a good therapist who can do individual counseling first, then couple counseling. We talked about overworking and over stressing. After a year and some medication on both sides, we welded our marriage and life.

I'm blessed now but it took a trip near the pit to get out of it.

I'm thinking of all of you. Don't give up! Please fight for him and push for someone to talk to.

My thoughts are with you all