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Social Anxiety Forum > Content Wrapper Social Anxiety Forum Page 1 of 2 1 2 Show 40 post ( s ) from this thread on one page Social Anxiety Forum ( https://w.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/ ) - Frustration ( https://w.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f35/ ) - - Anyone had a nervous breakdown ? ( https://w.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f35/anyone-had-a-nervous-br eakdown - 1141570 /) Winterwalk 08-15-2014 09 : 57 AM Anyone had a nervous breakdown ? Have you had a nervous breakdown ? How did you manage to get back on track ? Jinkies 08-15-2014 12 : 00 PM I ' m anticipating mine to happen quite soon so i ' ll have to get back to you then . fr3ak 08-16-2014 12 : 56 AM I had a nervous breakdown in January because I was infatuated with this guy I had a thing for but who didn ' t like me back ( He stood me up the day before too , I knw stupid but I was lonely and sad ) . I pre - gamed at a friend ' s house . Drank a whole bottle of vodka and walked outside in the snow to meet up with a friend I drunkdialed . I don ' t remember much . But I think I banged all the doors in my friend ' s apartment building to find him after he ditched me after I told him about how much I wanted to kill myself and after showing him my depressing poem . I even went with him to find the guy I had a crush on and even knocked on his door to see if he was there . He wasn ' t . His roommate who answered the door looked at me like o 0 . After having a couple of embarrasing run - ins with some people , I tried to find another friend but he wasn ' t there . So I barfed all over his roommate ' s bucket and his roommate had to take me to my friend ' s room and all my friends supported me and told me to keep drinking water as I was barfing chucks in a plastic bucket as I was crying and crying asking them if I was going to die . Eventually , that bucket was half - way filled and I don ' t remember much , mind you . But , I crawled into an empty bed and slept sideways so I wouldn ' t choke and knocked out . This was all at 10 PM on a Friday . I woke up at 4 AM , super hungover and depressed , made my friend get me a Gatorade . The next day , all my friends ditch me . A lot of people at the college found out about the incident and it ruined my reputation ( I was visiting ) . There you go : a story of one of my many nervous breakdowns . fr3ak 08-16-2014 12 : 58 AM * There are a multiple number of friends , mind you . It wasn ' t just one friend . Sorry if that ' s confusing . DanTheOutlaw 08-16-2014 12 : 59 AM Quote : Originally Posted by fr3ak ( Post 1074550106 ) I had a nervous breakdown in January because I was infatuated with this guy I had a thing for but who didn ' t like me back ( He stood me up the day before too , I knw stupid but I was lonely and sad ) . I pre - gamed at a friend ' s house . Drank a whole bottle of vodka and walked outside in the snow to meet up with a friend I drunkdialed . I don ' t remember much . But I think I banged all the doors in my friend ' s apartment building to find him after he ditched me after I told him about how much I wanted to kill myself and after showing him my depressing poem . I even went with him to find the guy I had a crush on and even knocked on his door to see if he was there . He wasn ' t . His roommate who answered the door looked at me like o 0 . After having a couple of embarrasing run - ins with some people , I tried to find another friend but he wasn ' t there . So I barfed all over his roommate ' s bucket and his roommate had to take me to my friend ' s room and all my friends supported me and told me to keep drinking water as I was barfing chucks in a plastic bucket as I was crying and crying asking them if I was going to die . Eventually , that bucket was half - way filled and I don ' t remember much , mind you . But , I crawled into an empty bed and slept sideways so I wouldn ' t choke and knocked out . This was all at 10 PM on a Friday . I woke up at 4 AM , super hungover and depressed , made my friend get me a Gatorade . The next day , all my friends ditch me . A lot of people at the college found out about the incident and it ruined my reputation ( I was visiting ) . There you go : a story of one of my many nervous breakdowns . My girlfriend has an amazingly intense phobia of sick and would absolutely despise you for making yourself vomit lol . Anyway , I wish I could have a nervous breakdown ... would be different to the norm . fr3ak 08-16-2014 01 : 09 AM No , I didn ' t make myself vomit haaha . I barfed bc I drank a whole bottle of vodka . I was actually p close to going to the hospital to get a stomach pump but I couldn ' t do that since I was visiting the school as a student on medical leave . DanTheOutlaw 08-16-2014 01 : 26 AM Quote : Originally Posted by fr3ak ( Post 1074550258 ) No , I didn ' t make myself vomit haaha . I barfed bc I drank a whole bottle of vodka . I was actually p close to going to the hospital to get a stomach pump but I couldn ' t do that since I was visiting the school as a student on medical leave . She would see that as you being intensly selfish by drinking so much and causing yourself to vomit . fr3ak 08-16-2014 02 : 18 AM I was v self destructive back then . Brilliantly Beta 08-16-2014 05 : 20 AM A couple of years ago . I wouldn ' t leave the house that much . I started drinking regularly sometimes getting through a bottle of spirits between a day / two days then buying some more a day later . I often got upset / aggressive and started to feel numb / indifferent to life . The real low point was when I had to go to a tribunal in the magistrates court in front of a judge and explain why I was on esa . She brought up a map of the routes where I walk my dog as I tried to explain to her this is all my life consisted of and that I had zero friends . It was shameful for me , felt almost like I was being paraded in front of normal people . When I got to a point where I felt I had nothing left to lose my mum had asked me what I wanted to do for my 21st . I don ' t do parties ( I don ' t have anyone to invite lol ) and she was insisting we did something extra special . We were meant to go on holiday but it didn ' t work out . Without even thinking I blurted out that I wanted to go skydiving . Next thing I know I wake up on my birthday with laminated copies of the voucher all over the house lol . I still felt indifferent in the following weeks though . Right up until the point where I had no ground beneath my feet and I was looking own on my town from 10,0 feet . That experience will stay with me forever till the day I die . In that moment I suddenly felt in danger . In that moment I suddenly feared for my life . Then came the greatest lesson in my life I think I could ever learn . I was in danger , my faith of surviving was in the hands of my tandem instructor , the equipment , god maybe ? Anyone ' s hands but my own . I threw caution to the wind and took a risk , I broke out of this confined shell that was my anxiety and done something radical . I had faith that I would touch down safely and I did . This made me realise that while I am anxious , that anxiety doesn ' t have to keep me locked in this shell , it doesn ' t have to become me . It often gets mentioned in front of people way more confident than I am and they say " screw that " . I broke the shackles to do something huge . I felt so empowered I went back to college and am now about to go to university . I have a long way to go but I have kept the bottle of cologne I wore on that day , even though it ' s now empty . Because if I ' m down , whenever I smell that smell , I feel empowered again . I remember what I did and realise I can conquer great things if I put my mind to it :) . Nessie91 08-16-2014 07 : 15 AM I ' m not sure if what I had was a nervous breakdown but about 3 and a half years ago I had this weird feeling that came over me . Before that I had isolated myself , left school and didn ' t talk to much people . Anyways , one night a weird sensation came from my head to my toe - a weird energy that literally made me sit up in my bed . The next morning I had the worst / most intense feelings I ever felt . It was like a wake up call to change my ways . I was scared and never wanted to feel that way again . . NicholasLG 08-16-2014 08 : 13 AM Yeah I ' ve had a few . HanSolo 08-16-2014 08 : 14 AM I don ' t think so , not yet lisbeth 08-16-2014 08 : 29 AM So many more than one hahaha . I ' ve had at least 3-4 since last November alone . Serephina 08-16-2014 08 : 52 AM Yes , I ' ve had a nervous breakdown . It was gradually built up to over many years . How do you get back on track ? Well , it happened more than 15 yrs ago and I wouldn ' t describe myself as ' back on track ' yet ! I ' m not sure if anyone can advise you on that aspect of a breakdown ... I ' m guessing it ' s probably a very personal thing . Perhaps start by listing the causes of the breakdown and then see what lessons you can learn about how to deal with similar situations in the future . Perhaps you need to cut a ' toxic ' person out of your life ? Perhaps you need to rethink your career ? You have to clearly identify what it was that caused the breakdown AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT ! Otherwise it will keep on recurring . Good Luck . Paperbag 08-16-2014 10 : 31 AM A few months ago I started cutting . Not deep , just so I can feel it . Anyways , the most intense one was when I was thinking about stuff , and my eyes got all shaky and I laid in my bed and cried and cut myself a little bit . Then about a month ago I was meeting up with some friends at a convention center , but they were really late so I had to wait for them , but I do really poorly in crowds , especially when I ' m alone . So I found a fairly desolate area so I could cry . I really wanted to die , lol . I sound so pathetic / dramatic . It ' s a good thing I ' ll never ask for help , because then people would know , lol . Boertjie 08-16-2014 10 : 42 AM Yes I did once . I was still mourning my dad ' s death , were in financial trouble ( for over a year ) , I couldn ' t find a job ... and then I got offered a my job as a sysadmin , and I had to decide if I were ready for a accepting a job bearing such a huge responsibility . That ' s when I had the breakdown . How did I pull through ? With the help of three people who genuinely cares for me and by REALLY pushing through that difficult time . That truly one of the hardest times of my life . Boertjie 08-16-2014 10 : 53 AM Quote : Originally Posted by Paperbag ( Post 1074556194 ) A few months ago I started cutting . Not deep , just so I can feel it . Anyways , the most intense one was when I was thinking about stuff , and my eyes got all shaky and I laid in my bed and cried and cut myself a little bit . Then about a month ago I was meeting up with some friends at a convention center , but they were really late so I had to wait for them , but I do really poorly in crowds , especially when I ' m alone . So I found a fairly desolate area so I could cry . I really wanted to die , lol . I sound so pathetic / dramatic . It ' s a good thing I ' ll never ask for help , because then people would know , lol . Oh I wish I could just give you a long warm comforting hug ! You are NOT pathetic . Trying to go through this alone is one of the BRAVEST things one can do ! But don ' t punish yourself ! Every last one of us are just as vulnerable when things get bad . No person in the world is immune to suffering ! But you need to reach out to someone ! If you can ' t cope , you need to find someone , a friend , a docter , a pastor , anyone with whom you can have a long chat about these things ! It is hard to expose oneself on such a personal level to even your closest friends , but if you are going downhill like you say , you really really need to find someone to help you turn around ! Please ! Please ! Please ! Paperbag 08-16-2014 11 : 15 AM Quote : Originally Posted by Boertjie ( Post 1074556522 ) Oh I wish I could just give you a long warm comforting hug ! You are NOT pathetic . Trying to go through this alone is one of the BRAVEST things one can do ! But don ' t punish yourself ! Every last one of us are just as vulnerable when things get bad . No person in the world is immune to suffering ! But you need to reach out to someone ! If you can ' t cope , you need to find someone , a friend , a docter , a pastor , anyone with whom you can have a long chat about these things ! It is hard to expose oneself on such a personal level to even your closest friends , but if you are going downhill like you say , you really really need to find someone to help you turn around ! Please ! Please ! Please ! " Oh I wish I could just give you a long warm comforting hug ! " Trust me , you would think twice . And even if you went ahead , I have extreme issues with being touched . I don ' t cut to punish myself . It ' s sort of a stress reliever . I ' m dealing with it on my own ( self - improvement blah blah blah ) , I don ' t want to bring others into my drama , especially when there ' s nothing they can do . Plus , half the time my issues are that I have to deal with other people so much , adding MORE people won ' t help me . Also I ' m not going downhill , it ' s more of a really low plateau , lol . That is to say , I may still climb out of my pit , or whatever ... It ' s nice of you to be concerned , but please don ' t be . Things will turn out how they turn out . iKenn 08-16-2014 11 : 17 AM I had a couple , but nothing serious . SofaKing 08-16-2014 11 : 57 AM 2 Attachment ( s ) How would one define a nervous breakdown ? I ' ve feared one that presumably would require hospitalization . And I ' ve sometimes fantasized about it as a nice long rest from reality . All times are GMT - 7 . The time now is 05 : 02 PM . Page 1 of 2 1 2 Show 40 post ( s ) from this thread on one page Powered by vBulletin ® © 20-2021 , vBulletin Solutions , Inc . 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