{"id":13501,"date":"2015-11-12T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/?p=13501"},"modified":"2023-03-07T15:54:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:54:31","slug":"what-is-a-nervous-breakdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harleytherapy.co.uk\/counselling\/what-is-a-nervous-breakdown.htm","title":{"rendered":"What is a Nervous Breakdown, and Should You Be Worried?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By: Carl Johan Crafoord<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

by Andrea M. Darcy<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’m going to have a nervous breakdown\u201d might be something you’ve shouted dramatically while under duress, or even secretly worried about when life was just all a bit too much.<\/p>\n

But what is a nervous breakdown, really? And how do you know if you or someone you love is on their way towards one?<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is a nervous breakdown?<\/h2>\n

It is important to understand that a nervous breakdown is not actually an officially recognised mental health diagnosis. <\/strong>It is presently just an umbrella term to describe a loose group of symptoms. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A nervous breakdown does, however, inevitably involve <\/strong>other mental health conditions or disorders that are diagnosable. So in this way often acts as a red flag that you require support and it’s time to take your mental wellbeing seriously. <\/span><\/p>\n

A nervous breakdown (also called a ‘mental breakdown’) generally refers to<\/strong> a sudden, acute, but ultimately time-limited crisis in mental health that means for a certain time you are unable to carry on with your everyday life. <\/span>It’s that feeling of ‘hitting rock bottom’.<\/span><\/p>\n

What triggers a mental breakdown?<\/h2>\n

There is no exact route to having a nervous breakdown<\/strong> but they generally tend to have a catalyst or a series of catalysts.<\/strong> Things like the below are often cited as triggers:<\/p>\n