What is a nervous breakdown?
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When someone has a nervous breakdown, they become unable to function in their daily lives.  There can be many different symptoms including crying, isolation, anger, lack of motivation, and inability to express themselves.  How long it lasts depends on the cause, the person, and the quality of care that they receive.  Could be anywhere from a few hours to a few months and in some rare occasions could last longer than that.
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What is an anxiety attack? An anxiety attack is a short period of strong fear that happens for no reason that you know of. An anxiety attack is also known as a panic attack. An anxiety attack can be a one-time event, or can become an ongoing problem. If you have two or more anxiety attacks in a month, you may have a condition called panic or anxiety disorder. If anxiety attacks become severe (very bad), they may keep you from living a normal life. \n\nWhat causes anxiety attacks? \n\nCaregivers do not know for sure what causes anxiety attacks. Sometimes they are caused by being in a situation that you find upsetting. You may have them due to a stressful life event, such as getting divorced. You are more likely to have anxiety attacks if you also have another mental health problem. Other mental health problems include depression (feeling very sad most or all of the time), or alcoholism (abusing alcoholic drinks). Anxiety attacks may happen for no reason. Anxiety attacks can happen to anyone, regardless of age or gender.\n\n\nSome health conditions or medicines may cause anxiety attack symptoms. Using or withdrawing from alcohol or illegal drugs may also cause symptoms. Some people have anxiety attacks that are triggered (started) by the fear of having a future anxiety attack. You are more likely to have anxiety attacks if someone in your family also has them. \n\nWhat are the signs and symptoms of an anxiety attack? \n\nThe symptoms felt during an anxiety attack can feel like symptoms of a serious health problem, such as a heart problem. On the other hand, some serious health problems can cause anxiety attacks, such as heart or breathing problems. Have your symptoms checked by a caregiver to make sure they are not caused by a serious health problem.\n\n\nThe main symptom of an anxiety attack is extreme fear. Other signs and symptoms are different from person to person. The same person may even have different signs and symptoms during repeat anxiety attacks. Signs and symptoms usually do not last longer than 30 minutes. Besides fear, other signs and symptoms of an anxiety attack may include:\n\n\nChest pain.\n\n\nDizziness, or feeling light-headed.\n\n\nFear of losing control or doing something embarrassing.\n\n\nFeeling of being out of touch with people or things around you.\n\n\nHaving a feeling of doom, which is feeling like something very bad is going to happen. You may feel like you are about to die.\n\n\nHeart palpitations (pal-pi-TAY-shuns), which is becoming suddenly aware of your heartbeat. You may feel like your heart is pounding, or beating too fast.\n\n\nSweating, trembling, or having hot or cold flashes.\n\n\nStomach discomfort or upset which may include nausea (feeling sick to your stomach) or diarrhea (loose, watery BMs).\n\n\nNumbness (loss of feeling) or tingling in your hands or feet. You may have numbness or tingling of your lips or around your mouth.\n\n\nYou may feel like you cannot breathe. Some people may hyperventilate (heye-per-VEN-ti-layte) during an anxiety attack and not even notice it. Hyperventilation means that your breaths are too fast and shallow. Breathing this way can cause numbness or tingling in your hands and lips. Your fingers or toes may have cramping, or even curl up. During an anxiety attack, focus on taking very slow, deep breaths. You may need a friend or loved one to help you do this by breathing with you. Your caregiver may show you how to breathe in and out of a paper bag when you hyperventilate. Never use a plastic bag. \n\n\nWith panic or anxiety disorder, you may have anxiety attacks that happen often. These attacks often come without reason or warning. You may be troubled with a fear of having another anxiety attack. You may have a lot of anxiety attacks, followed by weeks or months without having any.\n\n\nSome people become so fearful of having anxiety attacks that they are afraid to leave their house. This is called agoraphobia (ag-or-ah-FOH-bee-ah). People with agoraphobia m
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It depends on how you define nervous breakdown.\nIf you are talking about a psychotic episode, you may well expect to lose touch with reality, possibly experiencing things that other people around you do not, e.g. hearing voices, having unusual or paranoid thoughts.\nA manic episode may result in feelings of euphoria, excessive spending or sexual (or other ) disinhibition.\nA depressive episode may result in being more withdrawn, losing interest in things and people around you, often characterised by low mood, tearfulness, poor sleep, lack of appetite and low motivation.\nWhatever you are experiencing, it is best to seek professional help and support.\nGood luck
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You have to see nerves doctor
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they will not think you are week. anxiety is a problems that usually comes from from being overly stressed, many medications help control this so you dont get the panic attacks and so you feel more relaxed again and you wont worry so much. you should just tell them you are really stressed out and are having anxiety or (panic attacks) and would like to talk to a doc about it. take care and see the doc
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Rather than attempting to formulate a strict definition of anxiety, most psychologists simply make the distinction between normal anxiety and neurotic anxiety, or anxiety disorders. Normal (sometimes called objective) anxiety occurs when people react appropriately to the situation causing the anxiety. For example, most people feel anxious on the first day at a new job for any number of reasons. They are uncertain how they will be received by co-workers, they may be unfamiliar with their duties, or they may be unsure they made the correct decision in taking the job. Anxious feelings interfere with a person’s ability to carry out normal or desired activities. Many people experience stage fright—the fear of speaking in public in front of large groups of people. There is little, if any, real danger posed by either situation, yet each can stimulate intense feelings of anxiety that can affect or derail a person’s desires or obligations. Sigmund Freud described neurotic anxiety as a danger signal. In his id-ego-superego scheme of human behavior, anxiety occurs when unconscious sexual or aggressive tendencies conflict with physical or moral limitations.
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Well in my case the symptoms were extreme fear or anxiety, racing heart beat, unable to breathe or difficulty breathing and uncontrollable crying.  What helps me to calm down is drinking some water and taking a walk or stepping outside most importantly talking to someone husband or a friend someone you trust.  Usually this happens when high level stress is built up inside for a while.  Its important to do things every day to relieve that stress like excercise, reading a good book whatever you like to do to disconnect from the stress.
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Stress, usually.  Overwhelmed by doubt and uncertainty about future of job.
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A nervous stomach...that is when one gets nervous, excited or agitated, that person gets an upset stomach, which can include vomiting.
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A panic attack is a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort, in which four (or more) of the following symptoms developed abruptly and reached a peak within 10 minutes: \n\nPalpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate \nSweating \nTrembling or shaking \nSensations of shortness of breath or smothering \nFeeling of choking \nChest pain or discomfort \nNausea or abdominal distress \nFeeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded, or faint \nDerealization (feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself) \nFear of losing control or going crazy \nFear of dying \nParesthesias (numbness or tingling sensations) \nChills or hot flushes
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_breakdown
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Its basically when you have to much stress on your hands an you freak out. Its nothing to be ashamed of but when someone have one they need there space an help to get through it. They may not exactly know what is going on at that point of time. An they may be confused in their role in life.
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That sounds like agoraphobia.. its the phobia of going out of the home and dealing with people.   It is part of depression and a social anxiety order its actually both.    I use to suffer from the same thing if you see a psychologist they can help you over come that fear and anxiety, but you have to be willing for it to work.\n\nSymptoms of a panic attack may include:2\n\nRapid breathing (hyperventilation), shortness of breath, or feeling "smothered." \nA pounding or racing heart or an irregular heartbeat. \nChest pain. \nLightheadedness. \nSweating. \nA choking feeling. \nNausea or an upset stomach. \nDizziness, shaking, or trembling. \nNumbness or tingling. \nChills or hot flashes. \nFear that you are going to die, lose control, or "go crazy." \nFeelings of being detached from yourself or from reality
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A simple test for a nervous breakdown at the onset is to check the peripheral vision. The eye will see only a small view in front of the patient. It is hard to ask a patient if they are in a fog. Those on all drugs know their brain is in a fog. Mental ability in school is easily affected by street drugs. I don't know if we should use that terminology for mental disorder. Lets call it non-biological mental interference okay?
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You could be right, at the verge of brain shut down you may see bright lights.  That's like they also say they feel warm, well that's from the loss of nerve cell connection, for an example, pinch a nerve, hot pain. So they could feel their nervous system shutting down.
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hmmm, I can tell you in 14 yrs what they are for a man!!\n\nWell most mental breakdowns happen before 40 anyways\n\nBut maybe this yahoo answer site is getting to you!!!
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Technically there's no such thing as a "nervous breakdown" however, that's a term that has been used for many, many years. Usually it's used to describe an episode of depression or an anxiety episode.