What Is a Nervous Breakdown?

A nervous breakdown (also called a mental breakdown) is a term that describes a period of extreme mental or emotional stress. The stress is so great that the person is unable to perform normal day-to-day activities. 

 A nervous breakdown is not a healthy response to stress. 

There is no one cause of a nervous breakdown. Anything that leads to excessive stress can trigger it. In general, feeling stress and being unable to cope with it may lead to feeling so overwhelmed that you can’t perform your normal daily functions. Some things that might trigger a nervous breakdown include:

• A sudden tragedy
• A major life change
• Constant stress at work or home (sometimes referred to as “burnout”)
• Anxiety
• Depression 
• Poor sleep
• Abuse
• Financial problems

Experiencing some stress is a normal part of life. When the feelings become too overwhelming, they can contribute to a mental breakdown.

Questions to ask Yourself

 

These questions have no right or wrong answers.

Because sometimes asking the right questions is the  answerWritten by Marc Chernoff

  

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Let these questions shift your perspective, free your mind from the noise, and bring you clarity today:

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
3. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
4. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
5. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
6. If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich?
7. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
8. If the average human life span was only 60 years, how would you live your life differently?
9. To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken?
10. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
11. You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire. They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, without knowing she’s your friend. The criticism is distasteful and unjustified. What do you do?
12. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice that they would remember, what would it be?
13. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
14. Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity?
15. What’s something you know you do differently than most people?

Yellow Pyrex Fridgies

 

Vintage Pyrex Yellow Fridgies

I found 3 of these at a thrift store today. The yellow color is not damaged, and they all had the correct clear lids. There were more, but I selected the ones that appear in new condition. These must have been put on the shelves today, or maybe I was the first person to know the age and value for resale. Age? 1947 +. Price? $5 each. I am adding these to my collection.

I sold most of my collection of bowls a few years ago. Though I did keep the frigies, and now have about 25-30 of them.

What is the value?? They seem to be selling in the $50 range....

Reality

 

Written by Angel Chernoff

Sometimes we feel betrayed by others.

Sometimes we feel betrayed by our circumstances.

Sometimes we feel betrayed by life itself.

In any case, we are faced with the reality that things aren’t always what they seem, and we don’t always get what we expect.

So what can we do?

Accept the reality, and then do our best to make the most of it.

The truth is, we were promised trials and tribulations right from the beginning. They were always part of the program. Growing up we were told, “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” And to a certain degree we’ve already realized and accepted it. The relationships, jobs, and projects that didn’t work out led us closer to the ones that did. The things we’ve lost too soon opened our minds to understandings and opportunities we never fathomed beforehand. So while we’ve rarely gotten exactly what we wanted, we have often received more than we bargained for.

Of course, in the heat of the moment, when incredibly disappointing things are happening to YOU, and the outcomes you’re dealing with are REAL, embracing reality and making the best of it is not easy...

You feel betrayed.

You feel victimized.

You feel crushed.

1. The person who betrayed you is likely broken in more ways than you realize.

2. The truth hurts, but it’s much healthier than holding on to the lies you once believed.

3. Arguing with someone who has intentionally hurt you only enflames the pain.

4. It’s always best to wish people well, even if they don’t deserve it.

5. Healing gets easier when you learn to accept an apology you never received.

6. The person who hurt you doesn’t speak for the rest of us.

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