Comments on: Guest Post – How to Handle a Breakdown

By: Lady Smaggle

Lady Smaggle — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:03:37 +0000

La Historiadora – Me too. I’m HUGE on the exercise. Cleaning also helps…

Kylie – Awesome. Good luck on your new path!

By: Kylie

Kylie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:44:43 +0000

Wonderful post! I’m not exactly in the middle of a breakdown but I don’t really know where I want to be going right now, and I’m going to use this to help me figure it out.

By: La Historiadora de Moda

La Historiadora de Moda — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:13:21 +0000

This is a fantastic post! I love Miss Von and her blog! My method of dealing with a meltdown is to take control of the things that I can: exercise, drinking enough water, doing work on a project, applying for things.

By: Lady Smaggle

Lady Smaggle — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:00:36 +0000

Lala – I am the QUEEN of the list. Also of the freak out…

Lisa D – Sarah V rocks.

Grant – Oh totally. I want nothing more than to be a ‘oh I’m so stressed I just lost 6 kilos’ type of person unfortately it’s more of a ‘oh I’m so stressed and now I’m pregnant with a baby hippo’.

Kate – Totally. Sometimes I just want to start fresh in a whole new country.

Gene – She is totally going to be my new blog bitch.

Ashe Mischief – I know! I love the unrealistic ones. Mine often invlove just jumping on a plane with a credit card and nothing else.

Diana – Me too! I write a list every single day. I have a day to a page moleskine for next year. So excited!

Erin – I try to wallow but I feel like it is SUCH a waste of time. I can only give it like 5 minutes before I have to do something constructive.

AC – Also thinking that in the future you’ll back on this and it won’t seem so bad.

April – Yay! So very glad that I cross pollinated!

Luana – Ha! Me too! I’ll start saying stuff and Mr Smaggle will be all ‘Do you REALLY need to plan this RIGHT now?’. Drives him nuts.

By: Luana

Luana — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:38:55 +0000

Ah yes, there is nothing more soothing than a nicely organized list of possibilities looking back at you. If I don’t write them down, I annoy my boyfriend by saying my list out loud, which also works.

By: April

April — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:44:38 +0000

“But despite the rather epic problems that were facing me, I clung (rather desperately) to the belief that there’s a solution to nearly every problem. Maybe I wouldn’t like the solution. Maybe I wouldn’t feel ready to take the steps necessary to reach that solution, but a solution was out there.”

This is key. And honestly, you don’t know which solution will work until you’re brave enough to try. And sitting there doing nothing won’t help. I really needed this today. Thanks.

By: A-C

A-C — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:05:36 +0000

I’m a list maker too. It really is calming to think through the different options in front of you (or just outside your peripheral vision, whatever). Knowing you have options and that yes, you will survive this horrible *event* (insert: breakup, not getting into the right law school, missing X-mas at home, not having a job, or other disastrous event) is sometimes all you need.

By: Erin @ Fierce Beagle

Erin @ Fierce Beagle — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:33:54 +0000

Oh Sarah Von, I had no idea exactly how rough that time was for you. Whenever the world is imploding on me, my solutions are far less constructive and solutioney than yours (mainly wallow, cry, wallow some more). Great advice, yet again.

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:28:18 +0000

Although I haven’t gone through something quite as intense as this, I too find that making lists helps me through stressful times. I’ve been dealing with a lot of job insecurity lately (as have many people) and I’ve found that making lists with plans for what to do help me calm down a lot.

By: Ashe Mischief

Ashe Mischief — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:23:12 +0000

I love the inclusion of the ridiculous or unrealistic solutions, as well as the ones that scare us. It’s so hard to write those down and “admit them,” but they’re just as feasible as the realistic and easier solutions.