Identifying the Telltale Signs of a Nervous Breakdown

When we talk about having a nervous breakdown, we're often taken aback. Does anyone use that term anymore? Although the term may seem outdated, the condition is not, and people still experience nervous or mental breakdowns. Mental and nervous breakdowns are not clinical terms, and it is not considered a mental disorder. It is a total break with an individual's ability to manage their stress. They are drained, overwhelmed, and overcome by complete mental and physical breakdown. This video shares several signs that indicate a nervous or mental breakdown and things you can do that will make a difference.

Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC is a psychotherapist, specializing in intimacy, parenting, body image, and relationships.

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[Sonny]

Family history of mental illness, severe depression, history of sexual, verbal, and physical abuse, a huge loss in life, many things can trigger
I’ve been there and on the verge a few times … it’s not pleasant. You just loose interest in everything and everyone. It’s Difficult to focus… on work or even function ….sometimes you just go on auto pilot … zombielike ..people handle stress in different ways..and some can’t handle or don’t know how to handle. It’s important not to feel ashamed and to seek help. Thanks for your video.

[babbaruff]

I am having a complete mental breakdown, so scary 😢

[maximilianlagerfeld]

Great advise. Thank you and greetings from the south of Spain.

[cuba]

I found I was paranoid, suffering from anxiety and perspiring profusely the week before I knew I'd have a breakdown. I was forced into a breakdown by my work, a Govt job in the UK. I found a psychiatrist saying to me that it sounded like institutional racism at my work and that he believed me was the biggest help. Being in hospital was so scary. I had been so abused at the Home Office that I thought if I told the psychiatrist the truth, they'd keep me in hospital. I always think, what did 'they ' do to you when I hear of someone having a breakdown, i.e. it was caused by someone close, more often than not and a sustained or repeated pressure or trauma. Going into hospital was a blessing, I saw how bad it can get. EMDR is also a blessing, I found out about that a few years after being in hospital. I never did group therapy as that would have been highly distressing due to the circumstances.

[suzys]

Living with people is worse because you could die right in front of them and nobody would notice. You can beg for help but there is none. You can die while your body is still alive. Life is torturous hell.

[uncleeric]

I witnessed an ex have a nervous breakdown after I wouldn't take her back. It was so weird. She had near total decision paralysis about even the simplest choices.

[KP-hvtt]

Not possible with our healthcare system. We are a number and everyone wants a dollar. I know I need help. I’m so tired of feeling like this. So tired.

[kluv]

Meds dont help medical marijuana does but meds are hokding me back