~~~Smoke~~~
I dont know what the hell is going on, but I feel worse than death.
I am in hell, my brothers and sisters.
Please pray for me, for my little family.
I tell you this: I don't give a f#$% about ANYTHING in my life but my wife and child. I don't care if I ever train in the dojo again, I dont care if I die in the gutter, if I don't have my babies, what is the point of being alive?
My guts hurt all week from anxiety. I only eat to stop the nausea.
I'll take anything, I just wish this would stop.
My stomach turns inside out all day and all night.
things are not going well.
This is a survival test much more serious than anything you encountered in the dojo.
I've been where you are. There's more beyond, where death is not distressing, but seductive. That becomes immensely dangerous. If you come out the other side you will never look at death the same way again.
Right now your physiological responses may not be serving you well. Food may be cardboard, sleep nonexistent or small, dreams gone, heart beating hard constantly. You can lose a pound a day in that state without trying. Your body can also burn up and your brain and perceptions can be damaged from staying too long in such a state. Brain changes from short stays may be reversible, from longer stays maybe not.
I don't know your sensei, but he may be able to help you here. Your first task is survival and regaining balance. You can't help anyone, even your wife and child, if you don't help yourself.
If you are a rock, the waves will break against you. Emotions of the world, fears of a wife, laws of a nation, pride and shame, will all come and go. If and when things change for your wife and child, let there be Danny, steady and calm, to return to for security.