The reasons that cause nervous breakdowns, it is, in fact, the reasons that lead to the disease, reactive disorders. Here and genetic predisposition, environmental factors, some metabolic disorders, hormonal imbalances, the consequences of physical injury to the brain, but that we, in everyday terms, we call a nervous breakdown, in general, is one reason - stress. Will this extreme stressful situation or a permanent overwhelming stress, it does not matter. We believe that post-traumatic stress disorder - the participants of various wars or victims of violence - terrible "domestic stress." Tough science Statistics says the opposite. Approximately 25% of nervous breakdowns caused by problems in his personal life - divorce, tears, moving. 17% are due to trouble with work or school, and 11% of failures triggered by the financial turmoil.
How to determine what kind of disease is the basis of a specific failure? The simple answer - to see a doctor and describe the symptoms, but because often we do not know in any case not worry, let's talk about the main manifestations of nervous breakdowns and possible mental illness behind them.
Some of the most dangerous failures - "quiet", depressive. We can not ignore the years that our loved one is bad, as long as it is too late. After all, if your friend's voice rose and threw a vase in you, he "need to be treated", but if you just depressed, sleeps a lot, a lot of crying, falls into catatonia, then he has to "shake up". He's just lazy, is not it? Not so. He may have disorientation, confusion, oppressive feeling of worthlessness, guilt and enduring overwhelming despair. These are symptoms of diseases such as depression.
Tantrum on the background of psychosis, is much more difficult to ignore. Here, the main symptom is the loss of contact with reality, which can take many forms - vision, auditory hallucinations, unfounded feeling obsession. Excessive guilt, excessive pomposity in behavior and aggressive unjustified jealousy is just symptoms of various psychoses.
Socially unacceptable behavior, talkativeness inappropriate, excessive sense of self worth and uncontrolled financial behavior - may be symptoms of bipolar disorder. So, if you are concerned that your wife - a shopaholic, you may not have to worry primarily about her mental health, not your family budget.
For anxiety disorders characterized by sleep disorders, panic attacks, fears. Brings together all kinds of nervous breakdowns, only one - the person is not able to maintain the familiar, comfortable and functional lifestyle, he is emotional chaos and can not control their behavior.
Treat nervous breakdowns can only doctors - psychologists, or sometimes, unfortunately, even psychiatrists. Because only they are able to correctly identify the true cause and appropriate treatment. In today's world, often to nervous breakdowns are treated as you restart your computer - the body relieve tension and can function perfectly on to the next stall. In the popular press, even advancing the theory of "natural battery" in which nervous breakdowns are called natural mechanism for stress. This is a very dangerous theory. Nervous breakdowns are good only in one case they made you pay attention to the problems with their health and seek medical advice.