I'm pushed so far past my limit. I'm doing a 2 man job alone for work, fixing things around my home that break because the landlords suck and won't fix anything, taking care of my inlaws home because my wifes dad is terminally ill and can't do the things he used to, and those are just the tip of the iceberg. I haven't had a moment to decompress since October and I feel like I'm going to fucking explode. Any time I think I'll finally get a chance to sit down and take a moment to myself something else happens like my washing machine breaking with a full load of clothes inside or my wife has a flat on the other side of the city, my tools get stolen or something fucked like that.

How do you deal with insurmountable stress from things entirely beyond your control? I've been practicing stoicism for years and normally this shit slides off me like water off a ducks back; but the constant, unyeilding, ever present pressure of something else going wrong is always there, always true, and it's destroying me.

>>33207789 (OP)
Have a plan to exit your situation. Also, learn to say "no."

>>33208743
My plan is to endure cheap rent for 2 years and then buy a house, this job assignment is only until august and then things should improve at work, so unfortunately my exit strategy is patience. As far as "saying no" goes I've had to get pretty good at it, but when the man who raised your wife is dying you tend to make some exceptions

Each one of these situations on their own is fine for me, it's just that everything tends to happen at once.

>>33208802
Not him but
>light at the end
In that case, sorry man. This is it for you for now.
There's no coping with this kind of exhaustion. If you held a weight above your head for days we wouldn't be having s "how do I make it not hurt but keep lifting the weight" discussion. Its clear thats what happens when you do that and time and rest is all that'll work.

Same with what youre doing. Your brains a machine just like any other part of your body, and you've put weight on it way beyond what its capable of handling. So this is next. You've got a goal and a clear end point, and it sure isn't a bad one.

Just an FYI, this'll never go away. I used to over work in my 20s (going back 15 years). Be prepared for the fact youre going to be permanently kinda fucked out and on alert from this to some degree.

So its up to you. Delay your buy a house plan (and you have PLENTY of time in your life to do that), or push through.

>>33208802
>As far as "saying no" goes I've had to get pretty good at it, but when the man who raised your wife is dying you tend to make some exceptions
saving others is pointless until you have your own oxygen mask on. being in your right mind to take care of your wife and yourself is more important