How can I tell if I'm having a nervous breakdown?
If you can ask, you're probably "merely" having a terrible day.
Sorry?
Harrow: You didn't have to wound that man. Mal: Yeah, I know, it was just funny.
'Shindig'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Oct 03, 2011 8:31:36 am PDT #29730 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Oct 03, 2011 8:32:01 am PDT #29731 of 30001
Because books.
Ugh, flea. Much moving~ma.
Allyson, if you have the wherewithal to ask, probably not? But it's a good indication you might need to talk to someone if you're asking.
Consuela - Oct 03, 2011 8:32:09 am PDT #29732 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I don't know. But I don't think there's actually a clinical definition of "nervous breakdown".
So maybe if you think you're having one, you might be?
le nubian - Oct 03, 2011 8:33:23 am PDT #29733 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I love the Catch-22 responses.
Hang in there Allyson. Do you need to take a break and take a walk around the block?
Jesse - Oct 03, 2011 8:38:37 am PDT #29734 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There was a great piece on The Hairpin recently about someone's nervous breakdown. Either way, sorry, and good luck, Allyson.
Burrell - Oct 03, 2011 8:51:58 am PDT #29735 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh Allyson, is there a way you can open space in your day to take care of yourself? Whatever that would look like, go home from work early, reach out to someone.
Atropa - Oct 03, 2011 8:53:18 am PDT #29736 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Allyson, if you have the wherewithal to ask, probably not? But it's a good indication you might need to talk to someone if you're asking.
This is probably true. But speaking from ugly personal experience: are you refusing to make decisions about things that will have horrible consequences, and just "letting things happen"? Indulging in self-destructive behavior, be it physical or emotional? Those were the warning signs for me, and I wish I had talked to someone sooner than I actually did. Things are good now, but there were a rough couple of months.
Anyway, if you're worried, you need to talk to someone, darling lady.
Allyson - Oct 03, 2011 9:16:39 am PDT #29737 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm increasingly living in my head, and unable to deal with the world.
That's as succinct as I can put it.
Atropa - Oct 03, 2011 9:17:30 am PDT #29738 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm increasingly living in my head, and unable to deal with the world.
Then in my completely unprofessional opinion, you're veering close to a nervous breakdown, and should go talk to a professional.
beekaytee - Oct 03, 2011 9:18:32 am PDT #29739 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I don't know. But I don't think there's actually a clinical definition of "nervous breakdown".
There isn't.
Ugh Allyson, is there a way you can open space in your day to take care of yourself? Whatever that would look like, go home from work early, reach out to someone.
Burrell is wise.