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What is a nervous breakdown ?

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* July 1 , 2014 at 5 : 45 pm # 43855
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1 . Nervous Breakdown
A nervous breakdown is when someone has given up on everything ,
maybe because chronic and unresolved grief ; unemployment ; academic ,
occupational , and social stress ; chronic insomnia and other sleep
disorders , serious or chronic illness in a family member ; divorce ;
death of a family member ; pregnancy ; deception from a loved one ;
and other sudden major life changes .
Man , I ’ m about to have a “ Nervous Breakdown ” Cause I am so tire
of life , It is just too much .
by Lawrence Asia November 16 , 2006
http://w.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nervous%20Breakdown
2 . Nervous breakdown is not a term that the medical community uses .
Historically people have been embarrassed by mental illness and the
term nervous breakdown is a euphemism that has been used for any
acute mental illness , whether it ’ s depression , anxiety ,
schizophrenia or other illness . It ’ s less embarrassing to say Uncle
Joe had a nervous breakdown , for example , than to say he attempted
suicide or became psychotic and had to be hospitalized .
http://depression.about.com/b/2013/04/28/faq-what-is-a-nervous-brea
kdown . htm
Who do you believe ?
Having had a nervous breakdown once , I vote for the urban
dictionary definition . Why ?
Definition number 2 just looks to me like the subtle propaganda of
the psycho - pharmaceutical industry at work — the redefinition of
words . Somehow in their hands , words just seem to get all twisted
up to get everyone on medication and make big bucks .
And what about the word “ medications ? ” Does it ease your mind by
conjuring up images of some benign cough syrup prescribed by a
kindly family doctor ? Nothing could be further from the truth ,
Psychiatric medications are a very powerful addictive drugs .
That I found out the hard way . Apparently when the words “ non
addictive ” are applied to psychiatric drugs that DOES NOT mean you
wont get sicker than all hell trying to quit them , again the
psycho - pharmaceutical industry at work — the redefinition of words .
“ Non addictive ” Ya right .
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