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Originally Posted by Exoskeleton
I am so sorry you are experiencing so many major life stressors and losses right now. That would be very overwhelming for anyone. Do you have a supportive person in your life you can lean on? Do you have a good therapist?
During times of immense stress I try to stick with my routine as much as possible. I am someone who really needs a routine to ground them, even on regular days with no particular life stress. I do very badly with unstructured time. Especially if I am in a bad place emotionally. A huge part of my daily routine revolves around hiking with my dogs. Some days, if I'm feeling terrible, I have to really force myself to leave the house and I don't enjoy the hike at all, but I'm always glad I made the effort. And I really like to see my dogs happy. (If it wasn't for my dogs I certainly wouldn't make the effort to hike every day). So movement/outdoor exercise is a crucial part of my daily routine, even if I don't always enjoy it.
I also find journaling quite helpful as a tool to help me process things, but I can't always do it, especially if I feel like I've been hit by a bus from a particular stress event. And it's not that journaling fixes anything, but it is a safe and private way for me to express some of the thoughts and feelings crashing around inside my head.
I feel hypocritical giving any kind of advice to anyone as I am really struggling in my own life right now and making a huge mess of some very important relationship stuff. But your post did get me thinking about what I do when I feel like I can't stand one single additional stressor in my life (which is pretty much every day).
I really hope the tide turns for you soon and I wish you much more peaceful times ahead 
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You definitely don’t come across as hypocritical, and practicing these strategies in your daily life you’re well placed to advocate to others.
Structure is important to me too, my pt job does actually keep me afloat and allow me to focus on other stuff. I could probably benefit from more structure tbh, my exercise regime has dropped away unfortunately. Struggling to focus and motivate.