Stress and Fatigue

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I just want to say that I can't believe that it's only Thursday and I'm this burnt out. I've been under a ton of stress on and off for the past month. Between getting sick myself, dealing with my mom being in the hospital for a week several weeks ago, dealing with my mom getting out of the hospital and recovering at home, hearing that one of my favorite kids is moving to another city and school, and having to be talked to at work today about something I jokingly said, it's been a lot. Yesterday my feet were really barking at me.
Last night my anxiety was up and I had a lot of sweats followed by extreme chills. All day today, all I've wanted to do was come home and curl up in bed alone. This morning and right now, I've had a stressed stomach that I've been trying to figure out how to massage. In addition, I've been getting itches on my feet, legs, and the shoulder blades of my back, which I try not to scratch. I also have some knots in my neck and shoulders from the stress. It doesn't help that at my job, I have to supervise 3 groups of over 100 loud kids for an hour and a half a day in the cafeteria. It doesn't make my head hurt, but it makes me feel tired and stressed afterwards. I just feel like I want to hibernate in my bed, curled up under my electric blanket, for a few days, but I just can't.

I'm meeting with my social worker again a week from Saturday. That usually helps a little. I don't really want meds because I have reasons why I feel this way. My tummy has knots because of my stress. My feet ache me because I'm on them for 2 hours straight without sitting. My shoulder blades, feet, and legs itch me because of my dry skin, but I don't think stress and anxiety help. What I need is a good massage literally from head to toe, followed by a nice long nap! Good massages are expensive though. Plus they only last 1 hour usually and nobody can touch my stomach because I'm really sensitive there. Any input from anyone else who's going through something like this would be appreciated.

Mineral oil and drinking a lot of water might help the itch. Ibuprofen might help the aches. Leaning back in a tall chair with a heating pad might help the shoulder blade pain. Sometimes listening to a favorite song from your youth can give a brief lift to the spirit/

The pain isn't bad enough for meds. Just annoying sometimes if I do a lot. It's really more the constant feelings of stress and fatigue that get to me. Sometimes I don't even want to get out of bed and face the day because I'm tired and I know something's going to be stressful about it. That's a negative attitude, but sometimes it's just how I feel.

I have tons of stress & fatigue too with living in a group home, I sooooooooooooo hate it, my stress level causing alot of problems.

Why is the group home stressful? Is it the other residents? The rules? No privacy? I imagine there's no place you can really go to be alone and relax. That does sound stressful. What do you do to help reduce your stress?