Sometimes all you can do is take time outs. Even as a child, when I became overwhelmed, I would run out of the house (could only do this in the daytime) and take long bike rides or hikes. In the evenings, after dinner, I would stay in my room with the door shut. Now that I am married, when I am not getting along with my spouse, I stay at my desk, in the kitchen and/or take walks by myself rather than with him. When we are not getting along--the best thing to do is not to talk to him at all. When you talk, you are just giving them an opening where they can find something to be critical about. When we are getting along--that's when we can talk......