What are the symptoms of a nervous breakdown?

Well, whatever it is, this doesn't sound pleasant, I am sorry to hear you are going through this. I don't know what medication you have, but it sounds like you may need a check up to see if they can help better?

Has there been specific things that have triggered this? Perhaps you could benefit from talking to a counsellor, even if only to share your feelings and offload? It's very hard to see a way forward when you feel this way, it sounds tough. I hope you have someone you can talk to about this?

 

Its highly individual to how each of us react to a nervous breakdown so you cant really go by any " signals "

But for me its when you are no longer to cope and you just whant to go and hide youre self from the world or as you also say you no longer whant to live and of course you just whant to scream youre lungs out of pure desperation and dispare

Needles to say Suicde is NOT will not EVER have not ever been the right way so please dont . i know how it feels and how low you can get And im also diagnosed Severly sucidal among a gazilion other diagnosis ) So belive me when i say i KNOW and yet im still here and so should you be it WILL get better.

And last you aparantly have the guts to STAY alive and THATS what reel guts is all about so dont think of youre self as coward for not daring to end youre self.

If you feel this bad please get some profetional help & in the mean time my Pm is there for you if you whant /need to talk.

 

Hi Grownupgirl
I’m so sorry life feel so terrible for you, glad you posted and many members have given their views on signs/symptoms of a nervous breakdown so that’s not my posting, has a event triggered your feelings or is it day to day existence that feels to much? Maybe if you identify one small thing that seems hopeful or gives joy it could help? reach out to this community as much as you can it may? help not feeling alone?

 

what makes me nervously breakdown is whatever good stuff gets me excited,that i want to punch it in the face !

 

Nervous breakdown kinda is a loosely used term and may mean different things to different people. Nervous breakdown to me is just crying alot.

 

This is so tough for you. It sounds like something has recently changed, as you were doing better up until recently? But you can't get medical services to look into what has changed properly? When you say, there's no one is can talk to, do you mean you can't get a counsellor? Or perhaps that the services that should help with your changed state are not listening? I am really sorry this is happening, it sounds so difficult.

You said your brain has been pushed past what it can endure, and probably you mean the treatments you have had? However, I don't think that would affect your brain now, if it didn't at the time; is there anything that's happened that's made you feel worse? Or a change in medication of any sort? Does eating differently help at all? Just trying to think of anything that could help. So sorry you are feeling so bad.

 

The information @tree posted is correct.
The term nervous breakdown used to be used for many mental disorders back in the 50's and 60's.
My Dad had what was termed that back in the early 60's.
It is not a medical term anymore.

Your definition of when your brain has been pushed past the normal state of mental and emotional
endurance is pretty accurate. But, the brain doesn't turn to mush.

I had my bout with severe anxiety disorder and depression, which in the older times would have been
called a nervous breakdown.
My experience was feeling such high anxiety I thought I was going to go wild and couldn't stand how it
made me feel. It was just there and I couldn't control it. Then there were the panic attacks that
seemed to come from nowhere. Sometimes hours of hyperventilating, thinking I was going to die.
No desire to eat and I didn't. Felt too fearful to leave my room.
I was Baker acted when I refused to get help. But, it saved my life.
I hated the doctor who did it, but, later felt grateful for what he did.

One last thing I see you mentioned shock therapy forced. That is against the law.
You must consent to shock therapy, ECT.

For me it wasn't because of an unliveable world, it was the world inside me I could not tolerate.
I made it through rough as it was. You can too.
We're here so might as well think of life as a roller coaster. Ups and downs.
Plot your course and take action for help.

 

Thats sad news indeed but yes im afraid that the virus will hit HARD over there as well (were dealing with it over here as well)

if you need to talk my Pm is right there so youre not all alone utliest and as you can see in my sig and profile i do have a gazilion of diagnosis so i do understand better then you might think.

I know how it all must feel compleatly hopless for you right now BUT suiciding is not the way to go here neither is just giving upp you HAVE to try to FIGHT regardles the odds . it WILL somehow some day get better or utliest more acceptable