Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. A nervous breakdown is not a very precise term and can be different things to different people. Can you be a bit more specific in what you re feeling in terms of psychological/psychiatric states of mind (i.e. anxiety, depression, fear, stress, being overwhelmed, irritable, constant headaches that don t stop, etc.) It is clearly best to try and take a step back and regroup if possible when encountering multiple road blocks in getting daily tasks done. But if a person is having trouble knowing exactly how to do things or even may think they are successfully doing progressing but not sure whether it s working or not then, one needs to seek the counsel of an expert such as a therapist, counselor, psychologist, or psychiatrist. You are right in the assessment that good outcomes when finding yourself in this sort of confusion of sorts can take a long time and trying to tackling the whole ball of wax at once is likely to result in more complications. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.