I (42m) have a wife who is chronically unwell and 4 beautiful children, along with a well paid exec role. I see them everyday. I have cuddles and demands for attention. It's not a bad life.

But man, with caring for my wife, my kids, my employees, my customers... i feel like I'm caught in the middle of nowhere on an island in a storm of noise and theres this one, lonely little patch in the eye of the storm.

I cant talk to my wife, my best friend, about any of it cos it makea her feel so guilty that its all her fault and she'll blamw it on herself. I have a counsellor but we talk about tactics to deal with pressure not the loneliness.

I'm lonely. And thats the first time ive admitted it to myself.