Depending on the severity of what you're dealing with, work can be a refuge from life problems. It sure was for me when I was going through hell a couple of ye

Depending on the severity of what you're dealing with, work can be a refuge from life problems. It sure was for me when I was going through hell a couple of years ago. After I'd have a guts full of sitting around hospital waiting rooms feeling emo for a month, i just got to the point where i had to work. I sent an email to my colleagues saying "I'm coming to work tomorrow, don't talk to me about my stuff - i just need to work". And working was the only respite I could find.