Any chance you can buy a supply of super-cheap plates and break those instead? I had a phase where I had to do that and it really helped that I was breaking 20p plates instead of expensive and important things.
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Psychiatric Survivor
"And just when I've lost my way, and I've got too many choices . . . . I hear voices!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLCfb54e_kM