I woke up today and wasn’t feeling great.  Got ready and hopped in my car to go to work.  As soon as I started driving, I just crashed (my mood, not the car).  I feel very overwhelmed.  I cannot stop crying.  I cannot think.  I cannot focus.  I am not in danger, and I can hold myself together around others, but I feel like I have no right to be here.  I feel like a child stuck in a woman’s body and I just can’t handle anything.  I cannot identify a specific trigger for this mood.  I’m aware enough to know this feeling will eventually mood swing into something else, I am aware enough to know that all of the problems I’m freaking out about aren’t that bad and are solvable, but all I can think about is going home, hiding under the covers and crying with my pets.  This mood hurts and I want it to stop.

Does this happen to others?  When it does, how do you make it through the day?  What coping skills can I use to just get through the workday so I can get home and do lots of self care things?