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So many things come to mind when I think about this: determining just what IS a breaking point, are there different breaking points within each person, what might be the "signs" of warning before reaching those points? Are your breaking points just an exacerbation of feelings that you don't wish to feel, or are they serious deviations from the normal thus constituting a brief psychotic break from reality?

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Finally the page is back to normal and I can make a decent reply. (I hope it's decent anyway)

For me, most of what you said in the above applies. There are usually several signs that cause me to think I'm getting close to my breaking point. I do believe that we have various kinds of breaking points ranging from being triggered into feeling things we don't want to feel to being past the point of believing we can control our actions with any regularity.

If I feel triggered, the first thing that happens seems to be that my thinking is focused only on the one thing. If I'm unable to control that thinking and "change the channel", then my actions will start being more spontaneous in trying to deal with it.....usually resulting in less than perfect behavior. Recognizing that is when I find I must change whatever I can because I'm close to my breaking point of being unable to think clearly about anything and being emotionally and physically spent.

Recently I was able to make a change because I saw that I was approaching my breaking point. Now I'm still working on regaining the emotional strength that I need.

Thank you Sky for your reply.....you really made me think.