what's a breakdown?

[ChiChi]

I want to know if I've ever had one

[sandyrdh1]

I want to know if I've ever had one

Good question. I need the answer to that too. I have felt like I have had many. Lol.

[Cara1989]

I think its when u have reached ur wits in and u want to give up crying ect that's what I always thought it was lol

[Chiliphil1]

In my personal opinion its what happened to me.

One day I'm fine though I'm under tons of stress, I hate my job, and I spend most days completely passed off because I hate my job so bad but still have to go. I think I said "I can't take this anymore" at least a thousand times.

Suddenly I started having chest pains and back to back panic attacks, I did this for a full day, hours on end of panic attacks. I spent the next week in a daze, I could barely eat, sleep, or function. Anything would send me into panic. For the next few months I lived in almost paranoia, with moments of being "ok". To me this is a breakdown, but again personal opinion from personal experience.

[Cara1989]

How did u get over it?

[ChiChi]

I was so anxious cldnt be still cldnt eat cried everyday for 3months wept...cldnt work or hv a conversation with anyone....all after my husband took all my money and left me.

[Chiliphil1]

Well, the really bad stuff lasted about a week, as for the next few months it took a ton of encouragement, mostly from this forum, education about anxiety and it's symptoms, and changing the way I look at things.

I had to rearrange my way of seeing the world and truthfully it all turned out for the better, I improved my diet and try to live a healthier life, I really learned what matters and what doesn't.

The biggest thing though was educating myself about anxiety, why it happens, what the symptoms are and why they happen, and how you can learn to cope.

Also, I did a 4 month treatment on an antidepressant and quit the job that caused it all to start.

Finally, when it comes to health anxiety, which I do still struggle with sometimes I just have to make myself. I think "I can't exercise, my heart can't handle it" but I do it anyway and I haven't died yet! I'm 26 BTW.

It's just a long process and you have to be willing to take the steps to get over it, one thing I learned is that it won't go away on its own.

[ChiChi]

Well, the really bad stuff lasted about a week, as for the next few months it took a ton of encouragement, mostly from this forum, education about anxiety and it's symptoms, and changing the way I look at things.

I had to rearrange my way of seeing the world and truthfully it all turned out for the better, I improved my diet and try to live a healthier life, I really learned what matters and what doesn't.

The biggest thing though was educating myself about anxiety, why it happens, what the symptoms are and why they happen, and how you can learn to cope.

Also, I did a 4 month treatment on an antidepressant and quit the job that caused it all to start.

Finally, when it comes to health anxiety, which I do still struggle with sometimes I just have to make myself. I think "I can't exercise, my heart can't handle it" but I do it anyway and I haven't died yet! I'm 26 BTW.

It's just a long process and you have to be willing to take the steps to get over it, one thing I learned is that it won't go away on its own.
Did uu learn about anxiety in this forum? it overwhelms me from stressors..but that is all i know

[Chiliphil1]

It was some on here and some in other places.

One big thing was instead of googling heart attack symptoms, or chest pain, I would Google symptoms of anxiety and see that all of the things I was experiencing were related.

There are many sources out there, you just have to look for them. Google is a great tool, just don't look up your symptoms because you will only scare yourself, but if you look up things like anxiety, relaxation techniques, breathing techniques, etc.. There is a wealth of knowledge.

Big thing thought, figure out your stressor and do what you can about it, in other words my big one was my job so I moved on to a new one, if you can't simply get away from it, work on accepting it and coming to terms, again for me health anxiety I just had to realize it wasn't a physical problem, trust my doctor when he said I was fine, and show myself I wasn't going to die by doing things I was afraid of and seeing that I was fine.

[ChiChi]

It was some on here and some in other places.

One big thing was instead of googling heart attack symptoms, or chest pain, I would Google symptoms of anxiety and see that all of the things I was experiencing were related.

There are many sources out there, you just have to look for them. Google is a great tool, just don't look up your symptoms because you will only scare yourself, but if you look up things like anxiety, relaxation techniques, breathing techniques, etc.. There is a wealth of knowledge.

Big thing thought, figure out your stressor and do what you can about it, in other words my big one was my job so I moved on to a new one, if you can't simply get away from it, work on accepting it and coming to terms, again for me health anxiety I just had to realize it wasn't a physical problem, trust my doctor when he said I was fine, and show myself I wasn't going to die by doing things I was afraid of and seeing that I was fine.

Stressors .....when my husband left and took my money.....was bullied by 2 mgrs and 1 coworker for 5 yrs.laid off....work part now can't pay bills..afraid will hv bullies in nxt job and won't be able to handle it....afraid to look for a fulltime job because of these things.......trying to give to god but those things make me very afraid of life.

[Chiliphil1]

Yeah, that's what I mean. Clearly your situation is much more stressful than mine, and in fact what I went through makes me a light weight compared to someone with bigger issues, however this is exactly my case in point. You simply need to just do it, get out there and go for it, by doing that you smack anxiety in the face and you will see that things can be really good, but going out and getting it is the big step.

[ChiChi]

Yeah, that's what I mean. Clearly your situation is much more stressful than mine, and in fact what I went through makes me a light weight compared to someone with bigger issues, however this is exactly my case in point. You simply need to just do it, get out there and go for it, by doing that you smack anxiety in the face and you will see that things can be really good, but going out and getting it is the big step.

I don't think.peoples.situations can be judged as low level vs.more intense.....u experienced it intensely just as i experienced mine so its all relative...
Yes taking that first step is what its all.about....i so want h.t to do that this month which is.when my opportunities will be there...i old feel so much better about myself if i did it.too.
Did u hv a bad boss at yr prior job?

[Chiliphil1]

Yes I had horrible bosses, but the job in general was terrible. It was in a call center, chained to a desk all day talking to people on the phone, sounds easy, but when you add supervisors who were constantly up your backside, people who complain about everything, people listening in on your calls to determine if you are doing your job properly, horrible hours, a company that constantly threatened to fire you if you missed time, and many more fun things and it ended up pretty rough. In fact there was something like 60+% of the workers on some sort of anti depressant and the fact was that everyone hated their jobs, but stayed for reasons that I have yet to determine..

Not to sound argumentative, but my issues pail in comparison to yours and what other people on this board have posted, in truth I feel like a cry baby next to some of the people on here who have had real problems and life changing events, I was just stressed and unhappy with my job. For me it was easy to eliminate the major cause of anxiety by simply quitting the job, (still don't know why I waited so long) but for others, it's a much more difficult thing to remove themselves from the problem.