PRISONER EXPRESS

I felt it coming on like an out of control freight train and I just stood there and faced it down. Then there I was afterwards, dazed, warn down and feeling like I was living in pieces...I had a breakdown.

Of course that's exaggeration and a bit fabricated but its close. I can't speak for others on this. I can speak for myself!

Wherever or wheneverâ€"if pressure and burdens become problems and add up, pile up and don't get dealt with, then a breakdown is coming. I think though, that despite the pile up's, we can release ourselves from these holds and totally miss a breakdown.

I think it's all capable of being done through communication. Working out or physical challenges only offer a short-term solution (a quick bio-chemical fix)... then it all comes back again.

Eating, drinking or drugs don't detour us from breakdowns.

Facing them and talking about them does. Whether it's a talk with God, mom or dad, mate or child; communication relives and releases us from the things that lead to breakdowns.

First you may need to experience a real breakdown to understand how devastating it is. How much it takes us mentally and physically; feeling hopeless or broken, feeling sick or destroyed and then the mess afterwards.

I am a believer that holding in things never resolves them...whether our ego's or pride keeps up from opening or sharing or whether we lack that someone we feel comfortable talking to. We can still find someone. Any other excuse not to is denial, and denial is a road directly to a breakdown.