What is a nervous breakdown ?

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.

Mannn, 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://www.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-breakdown.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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