Stressed to the max

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So much going on in my life right now it's crazy.

- My boyfriend is coming back from having been working abroad in Germany for the past year (although of course I've seen him every couple of months)
- I'm leaving with him on a trip to the US in a few weeks
- he will be meeting my mom and it will be our first trip together as a couple
- we will be going for 3 weeks
- I'm trying to plan and launch my own business
- I'm working full time non stop
- I'm running and writing multiple blogs
- I have a puppy that is a non-stop ball of energy
- I am learning electric guitar

All these thoughts in my head and more, and lately I haven't been able to sleep well, or catch my breathe, I feel like someone is suffocating me, my heart is racing all the time, even though I'm on meds, I still feel on the verge of a panic attack....

During lunch last week, and actually a few minutes ago, I felt lightheaded and started getting symptoms of a panic attack coming, but it didn't....

I'm so stressed and so overwhelmed with all these emotions, good and bad, and my OCD is flaring up b/c of the stress.

I don't really know what's the point of this post other than getting out my feelings and unloading them on a post....hoping that someone reads it and offers me some words of encouragement or in hopes that someone could tell me how to relax.....I've never been able to do that for some reason.

Anyways, there it is. Now, I have to get back to writing at least 4 articles by the end of the day and it's already almost 1 PM......5 hours to go. Crap. >_<

That's a lot to take on. It's OK to step back from some of those things so you don't burn out. What if you choose to put the business plan and launch on hold until after you return from your trip? And maybe put an announcement on your blogs that you'll be on hiatus for summer vacation?

I think above response ^^^ is good approach.

I think of it like a plane thats too heavy, and you start tossing things out to keep airborne. Even Joe and Sally if they are just so-so aquaintences.

Holy crap maybe dropping one or two of those things for a while would be a good idea. That sounds like a lot, there is no way I could deal with that much stress. As is I have a few phone calls to make and even that seems like too much. But anyways overstressing yourself is not good and will only wear you out.

You could try my mantra of the last 10 years: "Just keep swimming."

Thanks for your replies everyone. I know you're all right and you make great points...but UGH sometimes I feel like I'm expected to deal with all this and if I can't it's like I'm not living up to people's expectations of me. I always have to have like 10 things going on at once, or I think something's wrong, or I'm being lazy or something.....is that weird? =(

It's not weird--a lot of us are perfectionists, or worry about what others think of us. But a lot of us have burned out by trying to do too much early on, because we didn't realize we needed to take care of ourselves, too. You can't live up to anybody's expectations when you're non-functional from stress and exhaustion.

I burned out to the point of being non-functional as a human being years ago, but I came back and got burned out again. I'm going pretty strong now, but I am still having trouble with this.