Think I may be insane

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On Tuesday I was too stressed to go to work.
It's been freaking horrible there lately.
I've been very depressed.
So I was lying on the floor (which I find nice).
My partner came home and started talking to me but I was unresponsive so he started getting angry with me for not doing stuff I should have done.
Then he suggested since I wasn't doing anything else but lying there I should take my clothes off and...you know.

I lost it.
I grabbed a pair of scissors which were on the table beside me and stabbed myself four times in the forearm.
Then he took the scissors from me so I fell back and banged my head against the floor until he grabbed me and made me stop.

I don't know why I did that.
I just snapped.
My brain couldn't take anymore and I needed to 'get it out'.
Or become insensible.
Whatever.
I don't know.
I think I may be truly insane.

We live in a pretty insane world, Raleigh. You were hyperstressed, you needed comfort and peace not demands..no you are not insane. You turned all the anger and frustation stemming from recent events (which I understand, it's been rough) on yourself. At that moment maybe you just wanted to get out of there any way you could. I understand. Can you take a few days, go to bed and cry some of this stress out, or go to a safe friend's and sleep until you have accumulated enough rest to rebalance? I know this has been a rotten past few weeks for you. Don't add to it by putting the insane label on yourself, stop blaming yourself; you will come through this, I just know that you will, though right now the stress and pain are sending high levels of cortisol around your body. You may need something that is anti-anxiety to calm down the physical side of this. Kava Kava is a non-prescription possibility. Your over-riding need now is rest and to chill without any new demands nor upset in a safe place and to sleep deeply to reset the body and mind to normal levels for you. Please be as kind to yourself as you possibly can be. No negative blaming self-talk in your head, quite the opposite. Make a list of your talents and accomplishments, give yourself every bit of credit that you can, and love yourself through this recovery phase. I will be thinking of you. There is a saying (I hope it doesn't upset you) "Crisis is transformation which has been delayed". So this may be the start of a new phase in your life that transforms you in some positive way that wasn't happening before. Hugs for (((((Raleigh)))) and

People snap, people break.. it happens. You shouldn't shame yourself for it because it isn't your fault. Every factor you mentioned leading up to it is something external out of your control, work is stressful, partners who don't care are also stressful. It happens a lot more than you'd think, too.

Usually from my experience it's an uphill climb from a panic attack of some sort, but either way, it's still best to get help to sort out the problems stressing you out. With that said, if your partner's first reaction when you're obviously stressed is to first get mad then suggest you get naked.. maybe that's a big problem.

Yep, with enough stress pretty much anyone will break down.
You're sane, Raleigh, but under a lot of tension.