"I thought I was lying to protect them. I pretended everything...

"I thought I was lying to protect them. I pretended everything was fine because I didn’t want them to worry about anything. My favorite thing to say was ‘I got it.’ That was my answer for everything. If my wife asked if we had money for rent, I’d just say: ‘I got it.’ But I was just pushing my problems to the side and giving them a temporary smile. Eventually all the problems came to light. And on top of all of them, there was the additional problem of the lies I’d been telling."