Signs And Symptoms Of Nervous Breakdown

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In this fast paced world, nervous breakdown is a very common problem faced by people all over the globe. Mental breakdown is a non medical term that is used by common people. It signifies acute attack of mental illness characterized by depression or anxiety.

Nervous Breakdown is also termed as mental breakdown. There are many causes which contribute to the problem of nervous breakdown. But social isolation is regarded as one of the major causes of nervous breakdown. There may be several reasons behind social isolation. It hardly matters, as the damage caused by this factor is quite irreparable.

The following are the general signs and symptoms of a nervous breakdown. A person might experience some of them simultaneously or only one of them in an exaggerated form. The type of symptoms occurring varies from individual to individual depending upon their mental stability and past history of mental disorders.

Symptoms of Nervous Breakdown

1. Physically - A brain with excessive stress is the first indicator of a nervous breakdown. Feelings of lethargy, constant pains and aches, scratchy and inflamed skin, lowered body resistance are also signs of an imminent breakdown. Repeated sensations of vomiting and gastric problems like stomach cramps gastrointestinal ulcers, colitis and diarrhea over extended periods of time might be indicative of a nervous breakdown.

2. Hostile Behavior - This involves a person displaying excessive antisocial behavior like gambling, eve teasing, vandalism and alcoholism. In extreme cases a person might resort to overt usage of drugs which is quite a clear sign of nervous breakdowns although it is not a rule.

3. Amnesia - Constantly forgetting appointments and schedules, short term memory lapse, confusion over order of occurrence of past events describe amnesia which, left untreated may lead to frustration. Frustration may then take control over the sufferer leading to rage and outbursts.

4. Delirium - Individuals may show signs of delirium and visualize hallucinations and delusions. By hallucinations and delusions one means tasting, smelling, seeing, feeling and hearing things that do not exist in reality. They might also display narcissism which is a state of extreme self-adoration and vanity.

People on the verge of a nervous breakdown are known to have nightmares and become obsessed with terrors. Panic attacks, loss of self-esteem, sleepwalking, and morbid thought patterns are symptoms of nervous wrecks as well. Such people may also threaten to harm and destroy other people, or hurt oneself by committing suicide.

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One common aspect of these symptoms is an unexpected and abrupt dissolution of the human being's personality. This means moving away from a fixed functional routine towards a more chaotic and disruptive lifestyle. Other symptoms of a mental breakdown are irrepressible crying, low energy levels, cyclic perplexity, desolation, incapacity to think obviously, sleep interruption or insomnia, total lack of pleasure in mundane jobs and feeling of insignificance and sadness.

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    1. SHERRY BURNEY June 07, 2009
    I'M NOT SURE WHAT I'M FEELING! MY HUSBAND BEAT ME UP AND IS ON THE RUN FROM THE LAW. I AM A WRECK!!! I FEEL LIKE IM SHAKING ALL OVER AND ALL I CAN THINK OF IS IF HE IS OK. I HEAR HIM TALKING WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES. I FEEL LIKE I AM LOOSING IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TO TURN. NO ONE UNDERSTANDS. PEOPLE EVEN TURN ON ME BECAUSE I STILL LOVE HIM.
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    2. Elaine July 13, 2009
    I have researched and read for months re: nervous breakdown.
    My Dr.'s have given me Zoloft which does nothing for me.......I have Xanax which does the same...........I am like a volcano about ready to go off but just can't get to the point that it explodes...........I know I'm not a psycho.......but, I think I need to be hospitalized. I attend all my Dr. appt's and my method of operation is "I bullshit"....make them laff....act like I am terrific............I am so screwed up as I lost my father 2007, my young brother 2008 and my mother Jan. 31 2009...my family home has been sold and now I am alone.
    I have no one and no place and getting over breastcancer...........I can't take much more after a breadt reconstruction July 22 which I think I won't come out of.........I'm about done. Over & out.
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    3. mandie September 09, 2009
    well i lost my baby after 5 months of pregnancy in Jan. 09, i cant get over the loss, i fell helpless, depressed, im now obesessed with gamebelling, i dont know how to put my life back together, my moods range from being suicidal to be very happy from one moment to the next, im so lost!
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    4. ele September 12, 2009
    i have had 2 nervous breakdowns in my life. this artical really helped my family spot ot
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    5. Woman September 25, 2009
    I feel lost, I am unable to think. I feel sad and confused, worthless and stupid. I keep forgetting things. I have no worth anymore.
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    6. malesha September 27, 2009
    I dont know what I'm going threw. I have a 7 year old with bi-polar and a 2 year old with autism.I'm a nursing student taking 15 credits but with all the appts with the boys and homework and and exams I feel real shut down away from my family I cry all the time and I just don't know what to do
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    7. mag October 04, 2009
    Elaine, Elaine u need to turn to god for help.God created you , to test you through your toughest times.God created a temporary life on earth , life on earth is just a test if u pass and get good grades u go to heaven for eternity , get bad grades then u go to hell. If life on earth is hell , don't let the afterlife be one too.Return to god ,discover islam!
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    8. carmo November 30, 2009
    tears just randomly started pouring out of my eyes one night, and im usually one to keep everything inside, and i've been doing that for so long, i didnt even know why the hell was i crying that night. and once it started i couldnt stop at all, and i didnt even have any idea how it started or why im crying.
    today my hands randomly started to shake, and im shit scared that the crying was a nervous breakdown and i was just about to have one again today!? were they signs??
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    9. Lucia January 25, 2010
    i've been threw alot in my life i lost my mom in 1996,and 2002, my dad and almost my son in 1996, but with alot of prayin and asking god to help me threw it ,i've managed and am tthankful for everyday ,so try to stay as positive as u can ..
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    10. Michelle February 08, 2010
    i dnt know where to start. I'm having nightmares every night. I'm tired off crying. I'm always angry and sad. My husband has left me again....he's a drug user and a cheater. he comes frm a family of animals. his mom helps him deceive me all the time and hide his drug addict women in her house for him. Currently he is seeing a former neighbor of ours.....I dream of decapitating her on site. i wake up in a sweat almost every morn.....i believe that bi am a TICKING TIME BOMB......pLEASE SAY A PRAYER FOR ME. i HAVE 2 KIDS WHO LOVES ME TO DEATH. mY SON IS A SPECIAL NEED 14 YEAR OLD....sO COMITTING SUICIDE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME.....IT'S GETTING HARDER BY THE DAY....help
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