H said to me on Friday "I think my self worth comes from work and that's why you feel you come second (rightly so he added)". He stopped IC, I asked him.
I've got to say I'm really sorry I was right in knowing he ties his self-worth to his work.
Classic "work-a-holic" situation which is in dire need of IC. His quitting of IC only kept him further from discovering this and finding a solution for it.