I’m looking for advice or for someone to point me in the direction of something that could potentially be useful for me in this situation.

Basically, I think my issue lies within stress management. When I have a bad day, I let things pile up, one after another, until it’s like I’m looking up at this mountain of things that make me anxious. Then, some straw inevitably breaks the camel’s back.

**I can identify when I start feeling really anxious, but I have no idea what to do when I get there.** It always happens so fast.

When it starts I usually get the feeling of not wanting to be touched by my boyfriend at all, and really not even wanting to be around him. I just get generally anxious which translates into frustration within me, and then usually something small just sends me over the edge, and I just explode and take things out on him and have said some really hurtful things to him.

He’s extremely understanding, and doesn’t get angry with me when I blow up, especially when he knows it’s been a rough day or that I was exposed to something potentially triggering.

I just don’t want it to get to this point where every tiny thing sets me off during times of high stress. During less stressful times, our relationship is pretty great! Times/days of high stress, through, almost always end with anger, guilt, and sadness.

I am so aware of the problem, I just don’t know what to do about it. Any advice/resource is greatly appreciated.