thank you trinity. My boss is a great guy, he treats me more like an equal than a subordinate. I have made up my mind to talk to him tomorrow, he knows about my problem and still puts alot of faith in me, perhaps more than i deserve. My family, well they are another story, but they have pleaded with me several times to quit my job because of stress. I have the financial means and support to take a long break, but I just can not overcome my pride and take off. my job is the only stable thing in my life, I have such great opportunity at work, but opportunities leads to stress. sometimes i wish i was a farmer, living a simple life. I have just been fighting this for so long, and i really need to get over this at whatever costs. if i let this go on for much longer it will totally destroy me. Thank you for your reply, it is good to talk about my problems as I tend to swallow everything inside. Sometime i get so angry that god would give me the talent and take away my ability. Sometimes I wish i was my ignorant to the real world and could abstain from thinking about consequences.