I'm sorry I didn't see your response until now, Christina. I am sad that you are feeling stressed enough to be brought to tears. I understand how even staying with friends or loved ones can be rough. Is it possible that you and your husband could do something on your own for part of that time? Or even do a side trip alone and have a hotel room away from them for a little part of it?

You may recall that my husband is Czech. We obviously go to visit his family and friends in Czech Republic and Germany, a lot, though not so much in recent years. We had to go there a lot during some of my hardest years with bipolar disorder because his mother was sick and dying. It was so stressful being there. Not understanding the language was particularly stressful, plus family stuff. I used to excuse myself often to "take a nap". They didn't seem to mind.

Maybe this story will cheer you up or make you smile:

Once we were visiting a Czech friend of my husband who lives in Germany. I was so extremely tired from medications, jet lag, and not understanding the language. I excused myself to go to the bathroom. I sat on the toilet and was so tired that I told myself "Just lean over and put your head down for a minute." Well, I fell asleep. Yes, on the toilet! Time passed and my husband's friend thought I went to bed. She opened the bathroom door and I was there sleeping. She panicked and called my husband. He came and worriedly asked "BirdDancer, are you OK?" I woke up in a daze. He told me to go to bed, which I did, sleep-walking there as a child does in similar cases. The next morning it was quite awkward, for sure. I have to laugh about it now. They didn't mind in the end. They were good friends.