I'm not coping well. I handle stress very badly and I have some stressful things happening - mainly to do with poor health of loved ones which is making me feel so sad and anxious, and also paralyzed. I find life difficult enough even when things are going ok externally because I seem to always have an internal battle going on with my thoughts/feelings/moods/emotions/fears/demons etc etc etc. So when external stress happens on top of the inner turmoil I start to shut down. I can feel that's what's happening, but I'm also trying not to let that happen, which is essentially another battle!