Any suggestions to relieve stress?

One of my first suggestions would be for you to share how you are feeling with your primary care physician. It sounds as if you have been through a lot of emotional things lately. You may be on overload and developing problems with anxiety or depression. In which case there are medications out there that may help you and also talking to someone that is a trained psychologist. I think there are many things that you can try in addition to the first thing I suggested, but if you are having a problem focusing or getting motivated , I am not sure how much they will help. I would suggest reaching out to friends that make you feel good and maybe open up and talk about the stress that you are feeling. Sometimes just opening up to someone can help immensely. Exercise is also suppose to be very beneficial as it will raise your endorphin levels and help you feel better. I would say that when you get to that state where you feel like you can not breathe , that is exactly what you want to do is Breathe. I would look online for relaxation breathing techniques. A lot of times when we are stressed we are not breathing properly, we are breathing to shallow. I would say take time to sit down and make sure you are breathing properly. Take a deep breath and see if the area right below your ribcage above your stomach is moving when you breathe. Sometimes just sitting down and taking quite a few deep breaths until you feel more at ease can also help. A nice warm bath can be very relaxing and just taking time to pamper yourself can be beneficial. I am hoping that some of these suggestions help and my heart goes out to you for all that you are going through. Last but not least , I don't know if you are religious but if you are , Prayer can help through many hard times. I hope you are feeling better soon. p.s. make sure you are eating a well balanced diet everyday and not skipping meals, sometimes when we are too busy we skip the most simple things we need to be doing for ourselves.