To Break

break (brk)

v. broke (brk), bro·ken (brkn), break·ing, breaks

v.tr.

1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.

2.

a. To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting: break crackers for a baby.

b. To separate into components or parts: broke the work into discrete tasks.

3. To snap off or detach: broke a twig from the tree.

4.

a. To fracture a bone of: I broke my leg.

b. To fracture (a bone): I broke my femur.

5. To crack without separating into pieces.

6.

a. To destroy the completeness of (a group of related items): broke the set of books by giving some away.

b. To exchange for smaller monetary units: break a dollar.

7. To vary or disrupt the uniformity or continuity of: a plain that was broken by low hills; caught the ball without breaking stride.

8. Electricity To render (a circuit) inoperative by disruption; open.

9.

a. To force or make a way through; puncture or penetrate: The blade barely broke the skin.

b. To part or pierce the surface of: a dolphin breaking water.

10. To produce (a sweat) copiously on the skin, as from exercise.

11. To force one's way out of; escape from: break jail.

12. To make or bring about by cutting or forcing: break a trail through the woods.

13.

a. To find an opening or flaw in: They couldn't break my alibi.

b. To find the solution or key to; uncover the basic elements and arrangement of: break a code; break a spy ring.

14. To make known, as news: break a story.

15. To surpass or outdo: broke the league's home-run record.

16. To overcome or put an end to, especially by force or strong opposition: break a deadlock in negotiations; break a strike.

17. Sports To win a game on (an opponent's service), as in tennis.

18. To lessen the force or effect of: break a fall.

19. To render useless or inoperative: We accidentally broke the radio.

20. To weaken or destroy, as in spirit or health; overwhelm with adversity: "For a hero loves the world till it breaks him" (William Butler Yeats).

21. To cause the ruin or failure of (an enterprise, for example): Indiscretion broke both marriage and career.

22. To reduce in rank; demote.

23. To cause to be without money or to go into bankruptcy.

24. To fail to fulfill; cancel: break an engagement.

25. To fail to conform to; violate: break the speed limit.

26. Law To invalidate (a will) by judicial action.

27.

a. To give up (a habit).

b. To cause to give up a habit: They managed to break themselves of smoking.

28. To train to obey; tame: The horse was difficult to break.

v.intr.

1. To become separated into pieces or fragments.

2. To become cracked or split.

3. To become fractured: His arm broke from the fall.

4. To become unusable or inoperative: The television broke.

5. To give way; collapse: The scaffolding broke during the storm.

6. To burst: The blister broke.

7.

a. To intrude: They broke in upon our conversation.

b. To filter in or penetrate: Sunlight broke into the room.

8. To scatter or disperse; part: The clouds broke after the storm.

9. Games To make the opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.

10. Sports To separate from a clinch in boxing.

11. Sports To win a game on the opponent's service, as in tennis: broke twice in the first set.

12. To move away or escape suddenly: broke from his grip and ran off.

13. To come forth or begin from a state of latency; come into being or emerge: A storm was breaking over Miami. Crocuses broke from the soil.

14. To emerge above the surface of water.

15. To become known or noticed: The big story broke on Friday.

16. To change direction or move suddenly: The quarterback broke to the left to avoid a tackler.

17. Baseball To curve near or over the plate: The pitch broke away from the batter.

18. To change suddenly from one tone quality or musical register to another: His voice broke into a falsetto.

19. Linguistics To undergo breaking.

20. To change to a gait different from the one set. Used of a horse.

21. To interrupt or cease an activity: We'll break for coffee at ten.

22. To discontinue an association, an agreement, or a relationship: The partners broke over a financial matter. One hates to break with an old friend.

23. To diminish or discontinue abruptly: The fever is breaking.

24. To diminish in or lose physical or spiritual strength; weaken or succumb: Their good cheer broke after repeated setbacks.

25. To decrease sharply in value or quantity: Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs.

26. To come to an end: The cold spell broke yesterday.

27. To collapse or crash into surf or spray: waves that were breaking along the shore.

28. Informal To take place or happen; proceed: Things have been breaking well for them.

29. To engage in breaking; break dance.

The question is, can something broken be easily mended?

How do we know something is really broken?

I've lately been making choices maybe I should not. Not because they weren't fantastic or good, but in the end, what remains, is my own crazyness, insecurity, but most of all, myself.

I can't change most things that are part of myself. One of them being, the intensity I use in mostly everything I do.

I have to learn what STOP means, before I hurt myself severely, but most of all, before I break. Too much intensity, can be simply...too much.