Nervous Breakdown
rydia
Any info on this subject would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
*rydia*
marc schneider
There is a probme in your question. There is no professional term cvalled
nervous breakdown and therefore the term is used by the everyday person - each
having their own idea as to what it means.
Marc Schneider, Psy.D.
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"rydia" <rai...@powerweb.net> wrote:
> What are the symptoms of a nervous breakdown, and how long do they last?
> Any info on this subject would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
>
> *rydia*
>
been through a vey difficult situations and wanted to know. However it seems
that there is no definition of a nervous breakdown. If you search with nay
major engine you'll find different meanings. It seems, if you look it up, you
will find in the dictionary a definition of a period of mental illness. So
according to the english oxford dictionary, any period of mental illness is
deemed as a breakdown. I can point you in some direction as far as finding
out what there is on the net in terms of definitions, but it seems that some
class a breakdown as severe and others not so severe. On the severe extreme,
one would probably not be able to carry out normal tasks and there may be
severe symptoms associated like perhaps major depression, anxiety, paranoia.
Be aware that many people use the term nervous breakdown without realising
the connotations associated with it, i.e. a stressfull day and this is not
really a breakdown. You could probably spend all your time on the net for the
next 3 years and you probably would'nt get much closer to finding out whether
?? you have had one (or friend/whatever). The best thing to do is visit a
doctor or psychiatrist and they should be able to deduce from that what the
symptoms are, but they themselves may not be able to determine what a nervous
breakdown is because it is hardly used nowadays and is replaced by DSM or ICD
terminology.
Brett.
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