Stress relief help, please?

[Taboo]

This month has been one of those 'ongoing series of suck' months. As soon as I process one thing, something else happens, you know?

Warning, possibly a TMI vent, highlight if you want any details: Mom and her boyfriend have both been in and out of the hospital and medical bills + no insurance means they might lose the house, meanwhile my father is dealing with drug addiction problems that are entirely his own fault and insists on using me as some sort of substitute therapist since he fails to see how inappropriate that is; I would love to tell him to shut it but since he pays my tuition that's not a good option right now. Therefore, "oh, sorry dad, my phone is being weird. It just keeps mysteriously deleting all these voicemails! oops!" During all of this, a friend of mine from high school who was in northern Japan is still missing, I just got asked to start my thesis over again from scratch when we're more than halfway through the semester, and I got dumped by the boyfriend last week for really stupid reasons. Also struggling with some ongoing mental health issues, but I've had some severe reactions to meds in the past such as seizures so they won't try me on anything new until I'm out of classes for the summer.

Anyway - the point is, I can't really do anything about any of the issues going on other than grit my teeth and move on. None of them are really things within my control right now or if they are, I've already tried to address them and failed. So, any suggestions for things that would help for stress relief in the short term?

I'm thinking about taking up yoga over the summer, but have no time for classes right now. I'm trying to jog though since I know exercise can help.

I just want to get through finals in May without being so stressed that I have some sort of breakdown.

[charred]

I find painting to be rather cathartic.

[crazyofficeclerk]

I find that when the world keeps crapping on me and I've had enough, I take a day that is just for me. I don't answer my phone, I stay in my pajamas all day and I do whatever the heck I want. If taking a whole day isn't an option then I take a hour or two. I ignore the world and read a book or surf the Internet and only read junk things. Or I watch cooking shows, Real Housewives episodes or something that I wouldn't normally be watching. Then after a while I get back into what needs to be done. My suggestion is that with all this, find time to sit back and do something for yourself. You might be surprised how much better you feel.