Posted by fires on January 26, 2006, at 20:52:17
In reply to Re: New here and desperately looking for advice..., posted by fiftylager on January 26, 2006, at 20:03:31
>> I'm sorry I didn't mean to offend you.<<
No problem. I'm hypersensitive about its use.
>> My mother calls it a nervous breakdown and so does her counsellor.<<
I find the fact that her counselor uses the term a little unusual. Here's some info. from the web site How Stuff Works, which is why I find the counselor's use of the term unusual:
""Nervous breakdown" is not a clinical term. There is no psychiatric definition of a nervous breakdown, and it has nothing to do with nerves. "Nervous breakdown" is an inexact and unscientific term that is no longer used in psychiatry."
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> I am very sympathetic to her as she and I are much the same with anxiety and depression.<I am too. Also, so you don't think I'm only negative: I recently emailed a thank you to a TV psychologist who was on Larry King Live with other guests, talking about Bipolar Disorder and Depression.
She made a lot of statements about the illnesses being physiological rather than psychological. It was somewhat surprising considering her bio. on her web site: http://www.drrobiludwig.com/?p=biography
BTW, she responded to my email.
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