Mental breakdown (also known as nervous breakdown or snapping) is a non-medical term used to describe a sudden, acute attack of mental illness such as depression or anxiety. Mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different forms of abnormal pathological anxieties Fears and Phobias In clinical usage "fear"
Like the term "sanity," the terms "nervous breakdown" and "mental breakdown" do not have any medical definition and are not used in a clinical sense. Sanity considered as a legal term denotes that an individual is of sound mind and therefore can bear Legal responsibility for his or her actions A mental breakdown is not the same as a panic attack, though mental breakdowns can trigger panic. Panic attacks are sudden discrete periods of intense anxiety mounting Physiological arousal fear stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of
Specific cases are usually described as a "breakdown" only after a person becomes unable to function in day-to-day life due to mental illness. [1] The person's condition is then advanced, and seeking professional aid is advisable.
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Causes
Causes of breakdown might include:
- bullying
- chronic and unresolved grief
- chronic or newly discovered illness/ailment
- unemployment
- academic problems
- career burnout
- social stress
- unresolved sexual identity crisis
- post-war trauma
- chronic insomnia and other sleep disorders
- serious or chronic illness of a family member
- divorce
- death of a family member
- pregnancy
- a traumatic, violent, or near-death experience
- deception by a loved one. Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal Harassment, physical Assault, or other more subtle methods of Coercion Grief is a multi-faceted response to loss Although conventionally focused on the emotional response to loss it also has physical cognitive behavioral social and philosophical Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and currently seeking work but the person is without work. Burnout is a psychological term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest ( Depersonalization or Cynicism) usually in the work Gender identity disorder (GID is the formal diagnosis used by Psychologists and Physicians to describe persons who experience significant gender dysphoria (discontent Insomnia is a symptom of a sleeping disorder characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep despite the opportunity A sleep disorder (somnipathy is a medical disorder of the Sleep patterns of a person or animal Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the termination of a Marriage. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Pregnancy ( Latin graviditas) is the carrying of one or more offspring known as a Fetus or Embryo, inside the Uterus of a Female
The sudden, acute onset of the following mental illnesses might be classified as breakdowns:
- clinical depression
- bipolar disorder
- schizophrenia
- schizo affective disorder
- psychosis
- dissociation
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- severe stress
- anxiety
Aftermath
It has been said that many people who suffer from a mental breakdown will most likely be fully recovered after the illness, as little signs seem to appear on most people. Mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn Schizoaffective disorder is a Psychiatric Diagnosis of neurobiological illness. Psychosis (from the Greek ψυχή "psyche" for mind or soul and -οσις "-osis" for abnormal condition with adjective psychotic Post traumatic stress disorder It is a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different forms of abnormal pathological anxieties Fears and Phobias In clinical usage "fear"
See also
References
- ^ Hallowell, Edward M & John Ratey. See also Mental disorder The causes of mental disorders are complex and interact and vary according to the particular disorder and individual 2005. Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder. Ballentine Books. ISBN 0345442318
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