Nervous breakdowns

[robotic]

;-; it's strange to discuss things like your emotional stability on a public forum, but haha i shall be the first!

i've had frequent breakdowns while i was recovering from my depression. the most recent was today - in an awkward place - during class.

my breakdown scenerio begins like this:
all of a sudden, i feel as if i'm not going anywhere (really irrelevant thoughts like: what's the point of putting in so much effort in your life when the end "inevitable" result is your death?)
all the voices in the room are suddenly muted, and this immense alienation grips me. now, not only can i not hear anyone around me, but i can't feel or see them, and nethier can they see or feel me. when talking to people, it really doesn't feel like i'm talking "to" them - but "through" them. it is as if ten years worth of bad memories begin to flow into my mind, coupled with the stress of present day. and the tiniest amount of esteem or confidence you've accumulated thus far (that helps you deal with the stress you've been dealing with all along) zaps away into nothing.

does anyone else suffer breakdowns? how often do they occur (and why do you think, they might occur?) - and do they disrupt your everyday life?

[Faithless]

In my junior year in college I flipped out at home. The workload and my limited capacity mind couldn't take it.

Luckily, I have a mom that was understanding and told me it was okay to lighten my load.

[eos]

my breakdowns occur when i feel i just have no more to give. in my mind, i just want people to leave me the fuck alone but they don't. how hard is it to give someone space and time to think things through, especially when that person really needs it? how the hell am i going to take on your shit when i can't even handle the crap that goes on in my life? i usually lock myself in my room, i don't eat, i sleep as much as i can, i don't answer my phone. what is so wrong about wanting time for myself????? am i being selfish? am i the one that's insane? i don't want to be around people 24/7...is that abnormal??? GAAAAHHH!

[mrazntre]

i am a complete emotional mess right now.

[returntosender]

to answer the op-i think emotional breakdowns happen because the person cannot "cope" with the stress that goes on in their lives. I guess it usually happens to people who are socially inept, but it can also happen to people who are socially gifted yet are internally conflicted.

emotional break downs don't happen a lot to me, but I do suffer a constant feeling of 'heavyness' if you know what I mean. I just feel awful all day long, and only feel better when I get home and go on the internet to surf the web or when I stop to have a coffee and a cigarette. I don't think most people feel as shitty as I do as much as I do per day, but somehow I'm sorta keeping it together.

[Hiroshi2]

I don't know what a nervous breakdown is. Is it like a seizure (i've seen people have seizures a couple of times before)?


I've never met anybody that had a nervous breakdown or whatever. Stress is part of everybody's life and I guess everybody gets to a point in their life where they feel like it's just hard to deal with things or whatever, but where I'm from, people deal with stress in one of three ways - 1) get drunk and/or high, 2) go to church, or 3) do both.

I'm curious as to what exactly a nervous breakdown is or what it is. Is it physical or purely mental? Do you have to go to the hospital for it? Is it caused by people who are suffering from real mental illnesses or people who just lack the emotional skills to cope with everyday life?

[KooLJaP]

Best solution.... get high and cut your self.. just kiddin' I have some experience like that but a, it will take foreveeer to tell... i just tell you how i'm going through it and gain my confident again, i drink and sleep the next day i become my self again.