How do I know if I'm having a mental breakdown?

Im having a mental breakdown?

• my life is **** just one thing after another ive never done anything wrong and im treated like a slave family arguments, im from an asian family so stupid family rules are just the start my mom and dad argue about everything from cleaning the house to money my mom and my dad argue with my olde brother whos an asshole he smokes, does drugs and drinks and you cant do most of them if your a muslim still he gets to go out get his food made for him have his clothes ironed he comes back at 2 am theres a big arguement then everythings normal the day after he got no qualifications at school got kicked out of two one for a knife the second for inappropriate behavouir hes a college drop out so me i study but i never get a chance to cuz my dad always moans that i his kids dont spend enough time with him he puts all his problems on me i think he had an affair ive even met the womens kids and been on days out with them and my dad at work pretends that he doesnt live with his wife and everything i get into fist fights with my older brother and nothing happens, hes held up a knife to my throat the last two fights were the other day when he punched me into my colar bone and just know he threw a toy car onto my back im in year 11 (final year) my exams are in two weeks and i havent done any revision and ive been trying to lose weight but this is too much stress i hate my life i dont do anything to deserve this i dont know what to do everyone thinks im so strong (all of my friends) nobody knows what im going through my dad thinks im best friends with him but the truth is i hate them all this isnt the first time ive has a mental breakdown ive nearly left home twice this is the final straw i dont know what to do anymore i just dont want to live this life

• Answer:

  OK seriously you have HUGE issues going on here, and this is really nothing to mess around with, but you have to "please" stop fighting your brother because he is a guy and you will never win that's the first thing, now with that being said if he hits you again like that then call the police, seriously, dude is on drugs, he is HIGH as a KITE and he needs to sit in a cell for a while and think about stuff, it normally helps people when they get a reality check about life like that. The second thing is this STOP thinking about everyone else and get YOURSELF together, you may not want to hear this but if you blame your problems on your dad, your mom, and your brother then you will never get ahead in life, that's what old people who have nothing do, they complain about the past and are vivid blamers with low self-esteem. I know your not complaining in that way however you just need a reality check and understand its time to focus on YOU for a change. Other than that I think you need to try and work on getting out of the house, maybe uni or something, somewhere the madness isn't at its highest point and you can relax for a change. In all honesty, you are really going to need a friend to talk to about this stuff because this is not trivial like most of the stuff I read on here. If you really need a friend to talk to about stuff then message me and I will try my best to help you out ok? If not me then someone who you TRUST that has some kind of positive feedback and gives good insight with a little experience in stuff like this.