To feel overwhelmed when everything seems to be going wrong?

[CosyRubyTrayBake]

I'm having a really tough time right now. My cooker isn't working, which has just been the last straw. I've been feeling like everything in my life is falling apart, and I've been crying a lot today. I don't have any close friends or family to lean on, so I'm feeling quite alone in this.

I'm also supposed to go to yoga tonight, but I'm unsure whether I should go given how miserable I'm feeling. Part of me thinks it might help, but another part feels like i just can't face it.

What do you do when it feels like everything is going wrong? Should I push myself to go to yoga, or is it okay to take a break? I'd appreciate any advice or support.

If you can push yourself to go, I would. I never feel worse after exercise and always feel a little better. Then I’d come home, have a bath and veg out. Hope things pick up for you soon x

Oh, you sound done. Definitely go to yoga. If nothing else but for the time to switch off from all the crappy things and just focus on yourself.

Would a list help? The thing that's wrong, can you do anything about it and a timescale.

So Cooker is broken - need new cooker - check gumtree/local pages/charity shops or start saving for new.
Thing 2 that's wrong - need person to fix - message person and ask for timescale.

It depends on what's gone wrong for me. Sometimes I just go to bed and stay away from every one then I feel better

Sometimes I go out and do channel the feelings into some sort of exercise.

I always write a list though. It makes it clearer and if numbered, easier to deal with.

I've got into the habit of writing down anything that worries me or plays on my mind. For me, seeing it there makes it easier to deal with rather than it all juggling around in my head

Yoga will be great for helping to focus, clear your mind and to ground you

So over the last few days I've
•Dropped (and broke) a glass jar full of coffee granules (at work)
•Lost my Mobile phone (in a busy shopping centre, still not been found)
•Took a U-Turn and the road was tighter than I though so kerbed the car and got a flat on my Tyre
•Made a cup off coffee, didn't check the milk and it turned out to be sour
•Cake back home to find my dog had pulled a pair of my heels put of a bag and chewed them to bits (had only worn them a couple of times before.

I've just felt like completely giving in to be honest, they're not all major things, like the coffee and heels etc, but it's felt like life has just kept kicking me down little by little, but then I remind myself that things could he a whole lot worse and I've been through worse before and still come out the other side. Just put a little perspective into my head. Yoga sounds like it would be relaxing so I would have definitely gone to do something like that if I had the opportunity, I do hope things get better for you x

I'm sorry you're going through a hard time at the moment. I'm having a really difficult period of anxiety and it's draining me. I've mostly pushed myself to carry on as normal, go to my exercise classes etc but on my day off work today I felt like I couldn't fight through it any longer so I went to bed for a few hours. You know yourself, rest if you need to. Hope things improve for you soon.

I’m so sorry :( I hope you feel a bit better today. I have been having a cruddy time - trying to recover from surgery, new medical issue, new major allergies - just feeling like you that everything was going wrong and overwhelming me. Then a friend sent me a gift (she has no idea what’s happening; I haven’t told anyone!) of a little positivity journal and some pretty pens. I can’t tell you how much it’s cheering me up to remember all the good things! Can you afford a little treat for yourself along those lines if it would help?

I totally agree with PPs who’ve said make a plan/list - it makes everything much more manageable.

Only you can really know if exercise/being around people will make you feel better or just going to bed/watching a film/eating a takeout pizza will. All are legitimate choices.

Big hugs!