A bit of background info.

I am a 34 year old man married for 8 years. I have a 5 year old and a 3 year old and my wife is a stay at home mother with no income.

After some issues dealing with PTSD and a lot of self reflection I realized through therapy that my marriage is a major part of my stress and anxiety.

I have been for years putting my head down and going with the flow letting her run me over because I didn’t want to have the conflict. I realized the reason I married here was do to the fact that when I got out of the Marine Corps I didn’t have anything else. She was still there and so I latched on.

All of the stress from the PTSD and marriage actually ended up with me in the psych unit at the VA for 3 days. I have ended up leaving the house but now my wife is doing this thing where she doesn’t tell me what the kids are up to. When I do go home to see them she will be gone with no forewarning.

I’m nervous that she is going to try and take them from me and that the court will see my mental state as a negative and use that against me when it comes to the custody fight.

This whole thing has me super stressed out and I have barely even begun the process. How long have you fellas been going through and what sort of cost am I looking at to get this done?

I’m ready to move on so I can get back to being the person my kids remember and know.

Thanks in advance. I know this post is kind of al over but that’s where my brain currently is.