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What actually happens to someone when he or she suffers a mental breakdown?

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This solution briefly examines signs of a nervous breakdown from a nontechnical definition.

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Problems with relationships, work, money, or any other number of things can leave a person feeling overwhelmed emotionally. When the anxiety, depression and stress get too big, the person may have a nervous breakdown or what is frequently called mental breakdown. It is not exactly a medical term but is something that happens when a person has been exposed to a prolonged period of ...

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