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Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 6:51:10 PM   
michaelOfGeorgia


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i have been so under stress lately that i can't even think straight. so many things going on lately that my anxiety is very high. nothing seems to help. i just want to scream at the top of my lungs.

anyone else here ever get this way?


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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 6:57:53 PM   
badgirl64


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Status: offline 		Are you kidding!?!  Three or four times a year I usually become a basket case.  I never know what is going to set me off but when it happens...it gets ugly!  I try not to let the outside world see it, and I know it not good for me to keep it inside, but I would rather tell just a few close people how I'm feeling at those times.

Talk so someone you can trust not to judge you.  It may not be a member of your family...but talk to someone.  It will help!

Good Luck!

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 6:59:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		Do it. If you are self consciouis about it, lay face down on your bed, bury your face in your pillow and scream and thrash.

Make sure you name people who have annoyed you and tell them off right and proper in your most colourful language.

After you wake up you should feel a little lighter and more able to process the real stresses you are experiencing.

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 6:59:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Oh Michael.  If you only knew...............  Let me guess, you've got a million irons in the fire and all need attention, yet you've only got time for ?  (well a whole lot less then you've hands for)  then there's the time it eats and your pulled in 40 different directions at once?  everybody wants a peice of you, but you've got none to give? 
Oh yea, been there.  Take a deep breath, do it again.... pick ONE thing, do it.  it's one off the list.  The other will still be there, trust me. 

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:00:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		       So scream, and do it without reserve.  Or go to the gym and lift weights or whatever you do that will get the sweat and endorphins flowing.

       It happens to all of us sometimes I think, and everybody has to deal with it differently.  You have to release it though and I hope others will weigh in with their suggestions.

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:08:24 PM   
michaelOfGeorgia


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Status: offline 		i feel like continually beating my head against a brick wall...if i could find one

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:15:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have felt like this often. I have horses and when I can't take anymore I ride the horse as hard as I can and just let loose. I also have had to find someone to talk to outside of family and friends. It sometimes helps to have a third party who isn't involved to listen. If you live home alone or at home alone at some point, just scream.

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:18:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think most people have moments like this, and they seem to repeat themselves over and over several time throughout their lives.  It's good to get it out, scream, cry, workout..whatever you can find to help you deal with things better. 
 
I have times when staying in bed for a day or two is just what was needed, or days when I have to throw something just to feel better.
 
Just know you aren't alone, and things do look better at some point again..even if we think they won't.
 
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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:18:36 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: michaelOfGeorgia

i know some here will probably flame me for this, but i'm gonna post it anyway

i have been so under stress lately that i can't even think straight. so many things going on lately that my anxiety is very high. nothing seems to help. i just want to scream at the top of my lungs.

anyone else here ever get this way?



Yes I have, and I went to the doctor and got prozac...and now I feel much better. 

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:32:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		i know exactly how you feel, i am a student and i had to be put on a lower course load and meds becasue i was so stressed out that my hair was falling out and i could not keep any food down...everyone gets stressed...but if it is turning your life upsidedown see a Dr. about it...it helps, even just a councelor to talk to helps a lot.....not to mention how much my friends and Lover helped me....seek help from people you know. 

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:41:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hell’s bells Michael; I’ve spent most of my life feeling that way; thankfully though, not so much these days as in the past.

The responses you have received are good, but just incase you are the type that can’t find the ambition if your head isn’t in it; I will add a couple of things to the list of possible ways to help yourself through this.
1. When things start looking bad to you, ask yourself “How bad is it, really?” Remember to be realistic when answering this.
2. Ask yourself what is truly important in any given situation, then, discard anything that you find isn’t important. This will help lighten the load.
3. Repeat to yourself “I am a good person”; and if you forget all else, remember to breath.

Be well,

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:52:13 PM   
michaelOfGeorgia


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Yes I have, and I went to the doctor and got prozac...and now I feel much better.


i'm alergic to prozac...and other anti-depressants are ineffective...been on them all at one time or other.


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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 7:53:17 PM   
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If you live home alone or at home alone at some point, just scream.


i live in a moble home with neighbors too close by. can't do any screaming without involving the cops

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 8:17:18 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: michaelOfGeorgia

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If you live home alone or at home alone at some point, just scream.


i live in a mobil home with neighbors too close by. can't do any screaming without involving the cops



Tell them beforehand that you are into Primal Therapy. And that part of your homework assignment is to practice Primal Screaming.

On a serious note: are there woods or secluded areas that you can go to ?
I break glass when I am stressed out. It soothes me for some reason. But I don't like the mess, nor potential for getting cut on a shards of glass I may have missed, if I do this in my home. So I get a set of cheap dishes and go to the dump to toss and break them.

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 8:20:14 PM   
michaelOfGeorgia


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Status: offline 		where i life, i'm not close to wooded areas. i guess i could go out and start a fight with a gang.

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 8:41:36 PM   
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  • Take up power walking.
  • Get outside into sunshine/daylight more.
  • Find a non-computer related hobby
  • Select one small task each day and do it (put up all the laundry, clean out a closet, wash the windows etc) ...accomplishment is a big depression lifter.
  • Get a gag and then do the screaming.

Also, new medications are developed almost daily so I truly doubt you have tried them all. A doctor can advise you on that but you actually have to go to one on a semi-regular basis so that he/she can properly evaluate the situation.


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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 8:54:33 PM   
Dauric


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Status: offline 		Been there, done that, repeatedly.

Worst case was bout a year ago, doing freelance web-design work, pulling 16 hour days, often 7 days a week. I had mopney I had no time to enjoy it. I had time to enjoy myself only when I wasn't under contract and had to watch my money. Didn't get out much at that time, stressed out and sinking in to depression.

I solved the problem by leaving that line of work. It became a pay cut per hour, but a steady paycheck is more money overall. Work's a little more boring, but right now the boredom is a welcome change from pulling constant all-nighters worrying about deadlines and the dreaded "project creep".

It's just my own experience though, and I do not know how applicable it is to your situation, but I offer it to you that you may find whatever wisdom you can in it.

And you can't even get a cup of coffee with my...

$0.02,

Dauric.

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 9:01:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hell yes.  Problems too great to face sometimes.  And yet I do, because I must. 

So I focus on something productive.  I work.  I go to school. I find interests and persue them. 

I know if I wallow in pity I'm not doing myself any favors. 

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 9:08:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		Slow down and relax and think your way out of it. Let anybody you know putting pressure on you to give you a breather for awhile. The holidays are now over that should be a little pressure off. Try getting away from it for an hour or so doing a nature hike or a mall walk if the weather is crappy. You have to get through the rough times in life to enjoy the good ones.

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RE: Heading for a breakdown - 1/1/2007 9:21:16 PM   
michaelOfGeorgia


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Status: offline 		thank you all for your posts. i could post all sorts of reasons why most of these suggestions, although good, are not currently possible, but i shall digress as i am skiddish due to the "whine factor" involved.

i'll continue to read posts here in hopes of something i am able to do.


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