A nervous breakdown is professionally categorized as a stressful situation which brings about someone's inability to function normally in everyday life.
Nervous breakdowns are usually brought on by anxiety and stress when someone feels overwhelmed in some aspect of his/her life.
Work, relationships, and social stress are possible factors of a nervous breakdown. It's significant to note that a nervous breakdown isn't a medical condition; the name itself isn't a medical term.
Nevertheless, it can be a sign that some mental issues need to be addressed and resolved. It is both our mind and our body's way of telling us that we've reached a limit.
Here are six signs of a nervous breakdown no one should ignore.
1. Anxiety
Anxiety is caused by fear, usually intense and chronic. Anxiety makes it almost impossible to see past the current moment because of a feeling or sense of paralysis.
Phobias are usually associated with anxiety because the fear itself makes people stress out.
Prescription medication for anxiety is not unheard of, but it is always better to try some natural remedies such as yoga or exercise before going to such lengths.
2. Irregular Heartbeat
A nervous breakdown can be identified through various physical symptoms, but an irregular heartbeat is the most common.
During a nervous breakdown, you might feel like your heart is pounding out of your chest, making it hard to breathe. This might exacerbate the problem and make it difficult for you to calm down.
3. Intense Headaches
Stress and anxiety can be the sources of tension headaches. They can manifest themselves physically, and your desire to keep everything in causes your body to tense up.
Eventually, this tension will move to your head and causes pain. If you feel yourself slouching or not walking upright, you need to try to correct your posture and give your neck muscles a break.
4. Irregular Sleep
When you are stressed out, it can be challenging to get a decent night's rest.
Sometimes, intense stress can cause you to oversleep; you will wake up still feeling like you did not sleep very well, or you may feel like just staying in bed all day.
Insomnia can keep you awake for hours, wake you up several times throughout the night, or wake you up too early.
5. Upset Stomach
Stress, nervousness, and anxiety can be the root of chronic stomach pains.
Your digestive system is directly linked to your mental health, so when it's not working, it's most likely because your brain is having trouble working too.
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is triggered by the immune system's response to excess stress levels.
6. Inability to Concentrate
Another sign of a nervous breakdown is the inability to concentrate.
Your mind has been focused on too many things for too long, and now it's impossible to concentrate on one particular task.
Stress has the power to increase storage space within the brain and help you concentrate, but chronic stress can do the opposite.
In severe cases, stress can start destroying the brain's ability to hold memory.
Reference: Higher Perspectives
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