what do you do when everything seems to be falling apart?

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What do you do if one day you come to realize that nothing in your life is working right now? For example, a few days ago I came home and sat in the middle of my living room floor crying because the last thread on which my sanity was hanging had broken. Every day I come to work I seem to get no respect from those around me. I am a research assistant, a medical student who has completed my first year of school. These past eight months have been the most stressful of my entire life. I was looking forward with trepidation towards summer and performing research and working with patients only to find out that there was nothing harder than dealing with nurses. They just don't want to help me. I have tried talking to them in so many different ways. The entire time I blamed them. After I had my cry and looked at my messy apartment and thought about all the things I had not yet done, I decided I can either give into the feeling of worthlessness and give up or I can pick up the pieces and start over. I chose the latter and with my own attitude change I hope for better days! Tell me of a tough situation you have been in and the steps you have taken to resolve it.