How far are you from reaching your breaking point?

CoolUsername · 2026-01-09T09:41:38-05:00

Life - How far are you from reaching your breaking point? (25 replies).

I made a decision to stop being affected by minor stresses that life throws my way. Of course I feel a little sad and frustrated at times but I just allow myself to feel it, give it a name and then I move on. Problems don't feel as big that way. 😊

Telcontar

I’ve been living my life from crisis to crisis for years

This year, I’m trying to move away from that.
But currently, I would say that I’m at the second stage or the second answer here moving slightly down toward your third option .
the hope is that sometime before the end of the year, I’ll be moving in the opposite direction towards your first option, which would be a great improvement.

HikingMan · 51-55, M

None of the options suit my needs.

I passed my breaking point long ago and am now simply just broken.
I'm not now or have been in a really long time - Where Life Is Good.
I'm not any number of Bad Days Away From Giving Up - because that's not an option with 3 grandsons and a daughter that struggles.
I'm not Halfway Between anything at all.

I hold no hope.
I've given up on people and all of my dreams.
I've silenced my inner want for better or anything close to good.

I spend my wishes more carefully as I wish for a way out that will leave me blameless.
Something akin to a house fire that I can run into and die as I save someone better than me. Or even just save anyone at all and at my funeral nobody calls me a fool or a villain.

I waste my wishes on things like that.

jehova · 36-40, M

Im tired of being tested, but im not sure that i have a "breaking point" i was taught how to endure survive and prosper. I can do without i know how to survive outdoors. There will always be returnables to gather i can survive on a loaf of bread a week and 1lb of meat so thats about $10.50 . 14$ if i want mayonnaise. My breaking point was reached twice already but i came back stronger with a better plan. Now you'd have to kill me to truly break me. Thats happened 3 times already too; so. Then i rely on family.

MisterBander

It comes in waves doesn't it, and the more you do nothing, the worse it gets.
Keep yourself busy with something you enjoy, concentrate on that and not being defeatist.

valentini · 61-69, M

For most of my life it varied from "pretty close" to "a little closer." Now that I'm older I've backed off a little.

valobasa4ever · F

Though I am not suicidal, & as for the career point, life is stable.

But somehow I carry this pain or agony inside me.

When it is just unbearable, I cut myself.

I Love the feelings of a sharp blade making lines on my bare skin.