#eggshell fine

Pfft, you say 'fine,' or even 'eggshell fine,' but let me do you one better.

I raise you humpty dumpty fine.

Meaning: I'm not fine and I did break into a million pieces but now I'm holding my pieces together through sheer force of will because the world keeps turning and what other option do I have.

I'm physically fragile - I keep getting fainting spells and vertigo. And I'm emotionally fragile - I ugly cried for like 2 hours today.

My roommate hadn't been getting it (he's going through his own serious issues) even though I was tried hard to explain how I can only handle "gentle" right now. He made it worse yesterday and today he was bickering with me (banter/bickering is a large part of our friendship) until I just started crying. Then he realized how serious I was about "fragile."

He thoroughly apologized and our housemate Devin helped me go to an appointment because I wasn't sure I could drive and I didn't want to be alone because I'd just start crying again.