What do YOU do?

You might be right. Sometimes just letting it wa****self out works out well.

I bet you'd feel a whole lot better if you just got some real sleep.  Hugs, buddy :)  I'm a mess when I don't get my 8 hours (yes, I'm spoiled and this is yet another reason I'm only having one child...the first six months were TORTURE). 

I'm with Raven.  Sometimes we all deserve a day to wallow and just say "fk it".  On those days, I will still make good choices as far as eating goes but I will be lazy and not track or exercise.  We all deserve a couch potato day!  Feel better, Keith.

I meditate. Turn off all things. Close my eyes. Clear my head. Relax for 5-10 minutes. I often finish that off by doing 10 or more sun salutations to loosen my body up. It really helps, plus feels fantastic on my back.  (I usually hang down forward during sun salutation longer than normal - this is what feels so good on the back).

It happens.  Grab 30 minutes or an hour or whatever you can squeeze in to stop the run around routine.  All that stress in your head makes you have that panicked sensation where you are going in circles instead of attacking what you need to get done logically.  Take that time and just sit, and I like to do a focused pseudo-meditation type thing.  I like to think about the 2 or 3 best things that ever happened to me in my life.  The best type of thing is usually something that was a concrete, instant moment type of happening; the kind of thing where the memory of it still makes you smile and feel like a winner (getting an amazing job you were shooting for, getting into a great school, winning the lottery, asking a girl out you and she says yes--whatever it is as long as it's the sort of thing where it felt like a reach for you but you nailed it anyway)  Dwell on that for a bit until you feel calm and positive about yourself.  Then, when the calm/positive has returned to you, mentally make a list of the things you NEED to accomplish today, as well as the things you WANT to accomplish today.  Write them down, prioritize them, and attack them one at a time, crossing them off as you go, starting with the NEEDS then the WANTS.  That's what works for me.  It helps focus, prioritize and plan for my goals while breaking them into manageable chunks.  You'll find as you cross the list off, you really feel like you are accomplishing things, and the list keeps you accountable.  This may not work for everyone, but give it a shot.  Attack your day!

Rest!  If you didn't get proper sleep and you're feeling the way you do, there is nothing wrong with a rest day.  It's good to push yourself, but not over a cliff!

Totally know the feeling.  Must be that time  of year for a lot of us.  Mine... 2 young busy girls to take here and there, husband who just had surgery on both legs and is unable to help out, a sick daughter that was up ever half hour last night and then the normal life stuff.  Sometime we just need to cut ourselves some slack.  I don't mean eat that chocolate cake, but maybe not logging our breakfast until lunch time.  Give yourself a break Keith. You know your path.

OK I am gooing to repeat what you said OVER EXERCISED, BEND IN WORK, Stressed over interviews, these are times NOT to push harder but to step back quiet your mind and heart and BE KIND to you NOT ADD MORE! As you embrace that and DO NOT PUSH the river you may find whats next is NOT the blow out but a new start with PEACE and some joy. Your a task master thats good but when the pile is high do nt throw more on the pile the pile will topple, much love FORWARD with gentlness for OU!

I am prone to anxiety and am really good at getting myself into states where I feel completely overwhelmed by life. I have been reading about this, and it seems to be pretty common among people going through major transitional times. I think that sometimes when we hit that wall, it's our body/higher consciousness' way of telling us to slow the hell down and relax a little. Or it's discontent with what we are doing and longing to do what we are truly passionate about. In my case, I hate my job (you are probably not happy with yours either if you are interviewing for a different one). I feel like all I ever have time for is working, working out (which actually helps with my anxiety a ton, but I am having a hard time balancing it with other things) and cleaning my apartment/doing laundry/cooking. And I want time to do other things that my heart and soul wish to do (learn about new things, meditate, write, create, the list goes on). So I become resentful, until I am a tearful mess, actually paralyzed by it for a little while.

As for coping with this, I am lucky that I have a sweet, calm boyfriend (my opposite when it comes to stressing out about things) who usually manages to talk me off the ledge. Sometimes I just need to take some time, and hour or two, for myself where I do nothing. I have to give myself permission to do this, because in my brain I will start to beat myself up for not doing those other things I need to be doing. I also find listening to music helps. I like either calming, meditation type music, or loud, fast, angry rock music. Being outside in nature helps immensely (we new agey types call that grounding), but that gets difficult for me this type of year because I hate the cold. I am also working on learning to meditating. Like the saying goings "you should site in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you are too busy; then you should sit for an hour."

Anyway, nothing earth-shattering here. But I hope you're feeling better.

When you do not sleep it does not help at all in life.If I don't sleep I am a cranky 4 year old in a 46 year old woman's body.I think you have to realize you are human and not perfect.I think finding some sunshine and sit in it for a bit if you have time would help to.I hope you are feeling better.I am only 4 weeks out so I am not an expert.But I do suffer from panic attacks and anxiety sometimes just knowing that it was the not sleeping helps me.Like I didn't push myself into the mood I am in.