Is it like a severe panic attack? Or is it an actual physical breakdown? My counselor said if I don't get rid of my anxiety I could land in a hospital with a nervous breakdown.
2006-10-26 13:14:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
"A nervous breakdown, also known as a mental breakdown is a sudden, acute attack of mental illness such as anxiety or depression...Often, the emerging illness is only described as a 'breakdown' when the person becomes unable to function, at which point the disorder is advanced."
2006-10-26 13:21:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the child I labored for 22 hours with started using coke, I tried dealing with it myself. No meds, nothin. I am a very laid-back person and use humor to deal with stress. Well, one day I was sitting in my car before an appointment and I just started crying and crying and crying. I just couldn't stop. There were so many thoughts going through my mind and I couldn't slow it down. I called my doc and he got me in almost immediately.
I explained to him what was happening and he said I was having a nervous breakdown. He prescribed Xanax short term and I didn't want to take it, but he said that if I didn't, he would put me in the hospital. I took the Xanax for three weeks, which gave me time to sort things out. I also had an aunt who had a nervous breakdown when her house and barn burned down with all the horses. She never really came back to mentally. So, each person is different.
2006-10-26 14:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by goldielocks123 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have seen some people go through this. It seems to start with a gradual build up of stress, that eventually overwhelms them, to the point where they can no longer function well. Everything seems impossible to resolve and the subject feels totally helpless and lacks self-worth.
If you are experiencing panic attacks - do something about it now! List the things that cause your attacks and start to resolve them one by one - get help from your partner if you can. Try not to worry about things that you can do nothing about. Find time in every day for yourself and just chill out - listen to music or do something that relaxes you. Taking up a new hobby sometimes helps as does exercise - jogging is good - but watch those knees! Fast walking is better and you will be surprised how often things get sorted in your mind when you are out for a walk.
Try to avoid going down the medication path - far better to have a look at your diet and make sure that it well balanced with plenty of fresh fruit and veg,
Good luck dear and I will say a little prayer for you too.
2006-10-26 13:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A nervous breakdown is what frauds and quacks call it because they have no idea how to diagnose, let alone treat, mental illness. A counselor is not someone qualified to treat people, especially someone with a specific mental illness like an anxiety disorder. Note the complete lack of understanding about the nature of anxiety (hey, you need to get rid of it). Anxiety disorders are common as dirt. Can be debilitating unless treated and can almost always be successfully treated provided you are working with the correct doctor. Seek out a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. This is a legally defined term that refers to the correct type of doctor who can help you. Have them diagnose you and then implement one of the fine and very specific treatment plans for your disease. They may or may not work in conjunction with a psychiatrist (an MD who works specifically with drug and other medical treatments of mental illness). That's the path that will lead to you getting better. Working with a "counselor" or some other quack who calls themselves a psychotherapist, therapist or some other legally not defined term to cover up the fact that they have no legitimate training to do therapy, is only going to seperate you from your cash.
There is no such thing as a "nervous breakdown".
2006-10-26 13:24:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I had a 'breakdown' and i couldn't do anything, i was sat in bed for days crying,shaking and ready to die. I couldn't face anyone or anything, i was signed off work and i really didn't see any reason to go on. Thankfully i am feeling better now with help from mental health team but it is not a nice thing to go through and i wouldn't wish it on anyone.
2016-03-28 08:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Nervous breakdown" isn't exactly the most technical term for it, and it seems a few decades out of date, I am stunned that your counselor would use that term and put it that way.
At minimum it could be like a severe panic attack, and at the very worst, it could be a full-on *psychotic break*, meaning your mind just completely loses it--all contact with and regard for reality.
The truth, however, lies somewhere between those extremes and varies a lot from one person to the next. Some folks act out worse and worse, becoming fearful then paranoid, becoming angry then hostile then violent....others *implode* more than they explode meaning that they just shut down, withdraw from the world and refuse to communicate.
Either way, yeah, if your emotional state goes over the edge it can have *direct physical consequences* courtesy of the bio-chemistry of emotion itself, of its effects on the endocrine system in your body (hormones, like pituitary, thyroid, and such).
Aside from the consequences that come from *behavior*, if you have an *explosive* meltdown it can make you physically ill, sick to your stomach among other things, to come down. And if you have the implosive, withdraw from the world kind, you can expect body aches and you can expect to feel drained of any sort of energy or motivation....
Still...I am appalled really that your counselor couldn't be more specific than "nervous breakdown", if he or she thinks you might be a threat to self or others, doesn't that mean the counselor is legally *obligated* to find out, *specifically and EXACTLY* what the hell is going on??
Yeah...sorry I can't be of more help, but this seems really like a terribly vague thing for a professional to say about a potential *crisis*. It almost sounds like your "counselor" is trying to "provoke" you into having a problem, and that's no good.
What I'd do in your shoes, based on the minimal info you have given us here, is to just be ready for the "severe panic attack" since if it gets worse, really the system isn't going to be able to do much more, and it will be as ready as it can be *for* worse anyway.
I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help, and I *do* hope things get better. :)
2006-10-26 13:35:47 · answer #6 · answered by Bradley P 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
My girlfriend drank a 5th of vodka smoked 2 packs of cigarettes cuss me my family her family any one walking by and the ambulance driver out.She stay in the hospital for 10 days high on volumes. Came home and all is well. That was Ooooo 15 yrs ago. She is doing fine now has her own business,lives in a fabulous apartment and goes on vacation 3 yes 3 times a year
2006-10-26 13:20:12 · answer #7 · answered by prizelady88 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
"Nervous breakdown" is a common, social term for anything like freaking out. It really doesn't mean anything, except that a lot of good information is missing.
2006-10-26 13:33:13 · answer #8 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ok i was raped right
and i told my bf about it and i think i went through a nervous breakdown i think ... i was really stressed and i started screaming and crying i hyperventilated and fainted... its terrible its liek u feel how you start falling then things go black and u come back when u hit the ground and ur stomach starts... dunno feeling weird u wanna throw up and you feel like
ughh damn ...
2006-10-26 13:24:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Their body goes through intense physical and mental stress
2006-10-26 13:17:25 · answer #10 · answered by Claire 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋