I've had very poor mental health for the past year. Minor things will set me off into explosive rage that is typically followed by overwhelming sadness. I tend to do things that I regret after these breakdowns are over. I don't want to continue doing that anymore, I think, so I'm trying to figure out a way I can keep myself safe when in distress. The breakdowns are inevitable, they're gonna happen as long as I'm in this fractured mental state (which I'm working on, sort of). I just don't want to be right against the edge the next time I have an argument or something.

I need advice. I do have coping mechanisms, but they don't work for the sudden explosion of feelings that tend to occur in a breakdown for me.