Causes of a mental breakdown

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Some common causes and risk factors include:

  • conflict at work and in the home
  • grief and bereavement
  • the loss of a home, a source of income, or a relationship
  • a job that involves high-stress situations
  • a family history of mental health conditions
  • severe or chronic medical conditions or injuries
  • traumatic events and experiences
  • an abusive relationship
  • identifying as LGBTQIA and not having family or community support
  • race-based trauma
  • persistent stress, as in war
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Also drug abuse.

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Was gonna say substance abuse as well. I’m fortunate that I’m resilient enough that losing work and even a home hasn’t put me in a psych ward or caused me to breakdown. Substance abuse… Ooof.

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Were you on any substance abuse earlier in your life?

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I heavily abused alcohol, amphetamines, and cannabis. Been clean and sober for 29 years. Managed to become mildly addicted to Vicodin a couple of years back as I have chronic pain from a spinal injury and the doctors were a little too helpful with open-ended scrips. The withdrawal from that sucked, too.

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Too much liking to work

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I tend to have breakdowns from emotional or sensory overload.
They start with feeling stressed, then very angry or sad, then very numb, tired and unable to speak.

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