Stress landed me in the hospital. The prescription was my first ‘me-cation’.

One Small Thing

After a devastating divorce and both parents dying within a year, I’ve learned that a vacation away from work and the kids is powerful medicine.

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Nov. 15, 2018, 11:56 AM UTC

By Kathleen Kenehan

A recent divorce. The death of both parents in 3 months. A firstborn child heading off to her first year of college. A family pet dying.

I had dealt with all four of these life-altering situations over the past year and, coupled with me running a thriving business and single parenting five children, my stressful life had finally caught up with me. After dropping off my daughter Emily at college, my 47-year-old heart wasn’t feeling right. And, I don’t mean I felt heartbroken from missing her (which I did). I actually had some nagging chest pain and other symptoms that I kept putting off due to my hectic pace. With a family history of heart disease, I knew stress could be a factor in causing some valid cardiac concerns. After an unexpected ER visit and an overnight stay at the hospital to double check that running on emotional and physical “empty” hadn’t caused me actual lasting damage (which thankfully it didn’t), my trusted family doctor prescribed me something: some much-needed and ongoing self-care.

An offer I couldn’t refuse

Concerned about the compounding ramifications of my past few years of grief, a longtime client of mine presented a very generous offer. They booked a trip for me to get away from my busy agency and five kids over a long weekend. The condition? I needed to rest and recover for four days alone. The pragmatic side of me had avoided such luxuries of late because I have a second child beginning college next fall and self-care of this magnitude seemed frivolous to a working single mother. However, this kind gift and unusual opportunity was one that came at the most perfect time for me and I seized the moment. My kids were all in full support and some wonderful friends were more than happy to ensure my children were well cared for during my retreat.

I packed 12 self-help books (that I wanted to read but never could in my “real” life), several swimsuits, some work out attire and definitely no makeup or stilettos and began my mini self-discovery trip.

Upon landing in Scottsdale, Arizona, I headed to a place called Sanctuary at Camelback Mountain. I was immediately transfixed by the hot dry air, the bright blue skies, cacti and vivid florals in every direction. I immediately felt myself exhaling for probably the first time in three long years of loss. In reflecting back about that first day, I had some anxiety and trepidation about my ability to just completely turn my brain off. Could I possibly like being by myself? In my entire life, I had never traveled for pleasure or self-care alone. I always had a spouse or children tagging along so this was quite foreign to me. The first night I was alone, I got a bit panicky. I texted a close girlfriend and told her I wasn’t sure I was cut out for solo vacationing. Her advice? She asked me what I would have been doing anyway that night if I’d been back at home in Chicago. I answered: likely watching a show on Netflix or reading. So, she said, get over myself and do it there. And that’s just what I did. I embraced her candidness and took a bath and watched TV in the tub and smiled. Maybe this wasn’t half bad?

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Coming back to life

Over the next several days, I began to notice myself coming to life again in a way I hadn’t in a long, long time. I started just being very grateful to be in a quiet, beautiful place. I ate delicious healthy breakfasts each day. I embraced (and somewhat feared) hiking up a mountain with a guide who kept me from falling over the edge and well-hydrated in the 100-degree heat. I read four (yes four!) books during the trip. I tried an aerial yoga class that sounded fun and different to me (let’s just say P!NK does it better than I do!). I meditated and prayed. I became my own favorite companion. It was incredibly freeing and just what I needed after my losses and busy life.

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As I was flying home, I began to create a list on my iPhone (I’m still type A when relaxed) and began to make personal commitments to myself. I would get more rest, I would exercise more, I would eat healthier foods. So what was top of the list, you ask? I would invest in myself and always plan to take a me-cation each year. I found that after my inaugural trip, I was more relaxed, reflective and inspired which has helped me immensely.

A ‘me-cation’ with lasting effects

In fact, in the month or two since returning, I have found myself being so much more peaceful and balanced in work and life. I have also had a renewed energy and joy about me that others are noticing both in photos and when they see me out and about. Considering a solo trip? I’d like to offer the following tips to anyone who has experienced loss, deals with anxiety or just has a stressful life like me:

• Don’t feel guilty. Of course my first reaction to the suggestion of my trip to Arizona was to say a firm no due to my responsibilities to my children and my employees. Guess what? Everyone was not only happy to help but admitted I needed to go. That gave me the self-permission to accept a blessing and just go enjoy myself.
• Document the journey. I promised myself I wouldn’t look at email or do any calls during my “me-cation” and I kept that promise. However, I did take tons of shots of beauty that I saw all around me. I have found myself looking back on those photos often since and it centers me and reminds me of why it was such a good idea to go in the first place. Document your trip in some way by journaling or photography so you can reflect later.
• Make a commitment to do it again. It had never occurred to me that I needed this trip so badly until I went. Now, I will always commit to better self-care and self-discovery to help me continue to evolve and become a “better version of me,” as one dear friend of mine likes to say. I also think it’s really good role modeling for my children to see the importance of self-care and nurturing for their future, likely stressful, lives.

I’ve continued to be busier than ever at work and my every-minute-of-the-day job as a mom of five wonderful kids. My kids weren’t sorry I went. My team felt thankful that I was more focused and happier than I was before I left. Ultimately, I feel more connected to myself and God than ever before because I took time to feed my mind, body and soul. Don’t wait until you are in the hospital to recognize you need to love yourself first before you can love others. Travel agents are standing by.

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When Stress Becomes a Medical Concern

November 22, 2016

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Did you know that to a certain extent, stress is actually helpful to every single one of us?

Stress is a normal part of life. Simply put, stress is our body’s reaction to a challenge or a demand. It serves as a signal for us to react and respond appropriately, and make adjustments in relation to our environment.

Stress, in short bursts, can help one to meet a deadline, or avoid danger. However, when stress occurs over a prolonged period of time, it can be harmful.

Excessive stress that is constant and persistent for long periods is called chronic stress. When left untreated, it may cause a wide range of debilitating psychological and physical effects.

Unlike acute stress (which is stress in short bursts), chronic stress is more difficult to manage with typical stress management techniques.

Stress becomes a medical concern if it is already beginning to affect a person’s function and way of life. If stress renders one incapable of working or functioning at home because of the recurrence of physical symptoms even in the absence of the stressor, it is best to immediately seek medical help from professionals. Examples of these physical symptoms include feelings of dizziness, rapid breathing, or racing heartbeat.

Stress also becomes a medical concern if it is beginning to contribute to the development or exacerbation of already existing illnesses such as heart diseases and depression. It likewise becomes a medical concern if it is starting to bring forth symptoms such as anxiety, insomnia, muscle pain, edema, high blood pressure, and a very weak immune system. These are considered to be symptoms of an underlying serious health condition.

Other than physical illnesses, stress can also give rise to psychological illnesses such as anxiety, depression, and panic, which are all valid medical concerns. Especially if the depression, anxiety, or panic attack is accompanied by suicidal thoughts, it is automatically considered as a medical emergency.

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Nervous breakdown – what it is, causes, symptoms, treatment

Everyone faces stress, but for some people it can develop into a nervous breakdown. What is a nervous breakdown, why does it occur and how does it manifest itself? Especially for Forbes Life, clinical psychologist, co-founder of the YouTalk service Anna Krymskaya talks about the causes, symptoms and consequences of this condition

What is a nervous breakdown

In the past, the term “nervous breakdown” was often used to refer to various mental disorders, but today such a diagnosis in there is no medicine, and a nervous breakdown is not considered a mental illness. The terms “nervous breakdown”, “nervous breakdown” or “emotional breakdown” often describe a condition where a person cannot cope with stress, anxiety and anxiety on their own, cannot function normally in everyday life.

Causes of a nervous breakdown

Although a breakdown is not a mental illness, any other disorder such as PTSD, depression, borderline personality disorder, or etc.), can provoke a breakdown.

Chronic stress can also cause a nervous breakdown, for example, caused by a series of financial difficulties, problems at work and in personal relationships. At risk are people who do not have stress tolerance skills and reliable social support.

You can prevent stress from developing into a nervous breakdown if you “catch” your condition a few weeks before the crisis point

How to understand that you have a nervous breakdown

The signs of a nervous breakdown vary from person to person and depend on the cause. Each organism reacts in its own way. Some symptoms are related to mental state, well-being and changes in behavior. However, physical symptoms are also possible.

Psychological symptoms of a nervous breakdown can manifest themselves as:

• acute anxiety that the person cannot cope with on their own;
• a feeling of detachment and disinterest in communicating with friends and relatives, doing the usual things;
• inability to focus and make decisions;
• mood swings – feeling of depression, emotional burnout, outbursts of uncontrollable anger and fear, feeling of helplessness, sobbing and hysteria;
• depersonalization – a state when a person does not feel himself;
• isolation from reality — a person does not distinguish between reality and imagination;

• as well as hallucinations, paranoia (the feeling that someone is watching you), suicidal thoughts and self-harm attempts.

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Physical symptoms include insomnia and restless sleep, fatigue and exhaustion up to the inability to do even normal daily activities, frequent colds, digestive disorders. As well as such physiological manifestations as heart palpitations, discomfort in the chest, a feeling of a coma in the throat, which seems to make it harder to breathe – that is, signs of a panic attack. Some of the symptoms of a nervous breakdown are similar to those of burnout, a state of mental and emotional exhaustion that is often the result of chronic workplace stress.

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Treatment of a nervous breakdown

There is no universal answer to the question of how to treat a nervous breakdown. Depending on the situation and diagnosis, both a psychiatrist and a psychologist will help to cope with a nervous breakdown – these specialists have a different profile of work, often in the event of a nervous breakdown, the support of both is needed.

A psychiatrist specializes in diagnosing depression, generalized anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions. If some mental disorder has become the basis for a nervous breakdown, medications can help treat it. Antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications are usually prescribed, but other medication options are available depending on the condition.

Diet, physical activity, and some simple habits can help you through a stressful period.

In terms of psychological help, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is considered the most effective treatment for nervous disorders. This approach helps to identify errors and false attitudes in thinking and interpreting life events, it works effectively for a specific task and in short-term therapy, for example, within 20 sessions. CBT is an important mechanism for the treatment of anxiety disorders of various nature. For a nervous breakdown, cognitive behavioral therapy may include homework, journaling to analyze experiences that occur during the day, refocusing, relaxation, and mindfulness techniques, as well as exposure (intentional encounters with frightening situations in order to reduce fear) and rational-emotive role-playing games. A psychologist should be able to ask open-ended questions correctly, show empathy and give a person the necessary tools that will help them to help themselves in the future.

What to do to avoid a nervous breakdown

You can prevent stress from developing into a nervous breakdown if you “catch” your condition a few weeks before the crisis point. Try not to overload yourself, find time to replenish resources and slow down.

Some simple habits can help you through stressful times. All of them are quite simple, but proven effective. Try to eat a balanced diet that energizes. The diet should be varied, it is worth removing coffee, alcohol and other stimulants from the diet to reduce anxiety and improve sleep. Do not forget about regular physical activity – it can even be small daily walks.

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Relaxation techniques and breathing practices also show high efficiency in the fight against stress. For example, you can use a visualization technique where you create a mental image of a place that calms you, or muscle relaxation, where you first tense and then relax different muscle groups. Try focusing on deep, slow breathing: inhale through your nose for 4 seconds, hold your breath for 7 seconds, and exhale through your mouth for 8 seconds.

If you have a nervous breakdown, you are in a critical condition and urgently need help, you can contact one of these organizations:

+7 (800) 2000-122 – a helpline for children, adolescents and their parents.

+7 (499) 216-50-50 – emergency psychological assistance.

+7 (499) 901-02-01 – assistance to survivors of sexual violence.

+7 (495) 916-30-00 – assistance to survivors of domestic violence (the Violence.net Center is recognized in Russia as a foreign agent).

+7 (800) 101-65-47 – hotline for men.

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The reason may be an excessive load on the nervous system, which is simply not able to process everything. It is important that a person has someone to share his problem of independence from gender with. Health must come first!

Someone is helped by a loud cry or tears, someone is helped by long walks or sleep. If after that the patient begins to feel better, then full treatment is not required. If the state of health only worsens, this indicates that you need to see a doctor to solve psychological problems. Advice to you from experts – take a course of treatment at the center.

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What is a nervous breakdown?

Under this concept, a whole group of diseases – neurosis, depression, psychosomatic disorders, insomnia. A relapse is an acute phase of the disorder, which is increasingly sudden. Only a doctor can make the correct diagnosis.

These diseases are more common than the common cold. Most have encountered them at least once. And it is difficult to say exactly how many people were affected by the disease, because not everyone turns to a specialist for help. The risk is very great.

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Causes of a nervous breakdown

A breakdown is a defensive reaction to the fact that a person is overloaded, he needs emergency help to the action of an external factor. The doctor should consult, the syndrome is increasingly called exacerbated.

The causes are stresses that regularly affect our organs or a short-term shock.

Everyone falls into one group or another. Often people tend to appear:

• constantly thin out for the events that happened to them, or should happen in the future;
• increased desire for work;
• cannot improve relations in the family, at work;
• with low self-esteem;
• patients with oncology;
• those who are waiting for major changes;
• young parents who have just had children;
• experienced the loss of a loved one;
• failures in personal relationships or in relationships with parents;
• lack of money for a normal existence;
• job loss;
• responsibility with which he cannot cope;
• alarm.

Breakdown starts because of negative events, but problems can start after the most important events – wedding, moving, new job, birth of the first child.

A man has a different degree of resistance to stress. It is easy for one to survive life’s problems, and the other falls down from their appearance, begins to show aggression.

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Signs and symptoms of a nervous breakdown

Symptoms and signs of a nervous breakdown, depending on the type of disorder, have common symptoms that are characteristic of the types of breakdowns. Among the consequences:

1. lack of appetite, sleep, energy;
2. constant irritability, restlessness, nervousness;
3. the appearance of negative thoughts;
4. fear of tomorrow;
5. health change;
6. constant desire to sleep;
7. poor concentration;
8. memory problems;
9. negative thoughts;
10. manifestation of apathy;
11. headaches;
12. pressure;
13. mood changes, anxiety;
14. panic attacks, fatigue;
15. problems with the cardiovascular system;
16. phobias.

A person’s behavior changes greatly, but the disease affects all organs. The disease is accompanied by symptoms: headache, shortness of breath, heart problems, poor appetite, pressure fluctuations, mental changes. It is advisable to consult a psychologist.

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Diagnosis of nervous breakdowns

Development occurs at the moment when the patient is simply unable to endure the load any longer. The psyche is already simply becoming uncomfortable working in the same conditions, it asks for possible methods of help. And a person endures everything that happens to him, although the state is already reaching its peak. Emotions overflow, at any moment you can expect anything. There are explosions, although everything could be working properly for many more years. But a critical moment has begun, everything needs to be corrected so that your organs no longer experience such a feeling.

It’s all the fault of the cause, which was the beginning of the occurrence. The tank was filled very slowly, but surely, and at one moment it simply exploded from overfilling and would not be able to work.

Observe two patterns of behavior in a difficult situation:

• Explode for any reason. In this case, the patient splashes out his emotions, shows indignation. Strong scandals, conflict situations are characteristic of this type and the reasons for divorce.
• To accumulate all grievances in oneself, as in a large vessel. He endures all insults until the last moment. Apathy towards everything, depression, unwillingness to communicate with anyone may begin. A problem with the psyche begins to appear, unless of course it was absent before.

But how to avoid the danger of overfilling that same vessel, cope with the consequences? This can be avoided by realizing your feelings, emotions, experiencing and accepting them.

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In a hospital or at home?

A breakdown is easier to prevent than to treat. During the breakdown itself, not everyone knows how to calm a person down. A few years ago, to calm the patient, they poured a bucket of cold water on him, unless, of course, there was cold water nearby. If this does not help, you need to contact an ambulance.

Screaming will not help, the person is unable to control his actions. A raised voice can only aggravate what should not be allowed.

Everyone decides where it is better to treat the disease – in a hospital or at home. If, for example, the breakdown was caused due to the situation in the family, then it would be logical to send the patient to the hospital. The psyche may simply not cope if this happens again.

In other situations, being close to relatives can have a positive effect on the patient’s well-being. Any drug is prescribed after a comprehensive examination. The patient should be under the supervision of a doctor, many drugs can be addictive. After treatment, it takes another month to recover.

But vice versa, it is better to treat a nervous breakdown at home in women and men. We need to understand what led to this state of affairs. If, for example, there are constant tensions at work, you need to take a vacation or quit altogether, there is nothing more important than health. If the cause was overwork, you need to build a more gentle schedule for yourself, where there will be a place for 8 hours of sleep, a walk during the day in the fresh air, and proper nutrition.

When treating at home, a therapist should be consulted to draw up a plan of action. Treatment within the walls of the house is aimed at relaxing, distracting the patient from the problem. The method is safe for life and health.

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Consequences

The emotional state has a direct relationship with the physical state. If a nervous breakdown was detected, symptoms begin to appear: problems with the heart, with the digestive organs, dizziness. A relapse may begin in a patient who has attempted suicide.

If the problem is not diagnosed, it starts to accumulate like a snowball. The patient begins to have problems in communication, becomes more quick-tempered, irritable, the psychological state worsens.

Relapse leads to drug addiction or excessive consumption of alcohol, promiscuity. The search begins for a method of discharge, getting rid of all the negativity that has accumulated in the form of an internal factor. It is necessary to get the help of a psychotherapist in time.

Specifics of treatment

Nervous breakdowns cannot appear out of nowhere. This is a long-term disease that has not been treated for years, or prolonged stress that the patient has experienced. To get rid of the usual nervous breakdown, you need to reconsider your life, get rid of the cause – treat the underlying disease, limit your communication with those who bring you to such a state.

This is a lengthy process that can take a month or more. There are drugs that will help the patient during periods of treatment. Those who are treated at home without a doctor’s prescription cannot even imagine the harm they do to their body.

The disorder appears for various reasons, the treatment of a nervous breakdown, especially in women, must be approached comprehensively.

Non-drug ways to deal with a nervous breakdown

• Sports. Sports exercises will help to reduce the ardor and recharge with positive. This method, which has not harmed more than one patient. Sport improves the functioning of the heart, brain, sleep.
• Relaxation programs: meditation, yoga, body massage. Relieve stress, relax the body, get rid of negative thoughts. Do at least 2 times a week.
• Maintaining a healthy lifestyle. As strange as it may sound, it helps. Alcoholic drinks, drugs, coffee – all this affects the nervous system.
• Proper nutrition, essential vitamins.

With drugs and medicines

1. Medicine offers drugs with calming effects. Dizziness and heart problems can be treated with medication. These are not pills that will get rid of the breakdown, but you will feel much better. Medicinal use is one of the most effective.
2. Preparations based on plant extracts, have a calming component.
3. Vitamins. In a stressful state, it is especially necessary to enrich yourself with such vitamins – group B, vitamin E, magnesium, calcium, so that depletion does not occur.
4. Dietary supplements. They contain soothing plant extracts.
5. Antidepressants. Strong drugs that should not be used without prescription in any case. They have many side effects, so they are prescribed in emergency situations.

Recovery of the nervous system after a long course of treatment

In order to consolidate the therapeutic effect, it is necessary to completely reconsider your lifestyle. Particular attention should be paid to nutrition, making sure that the diet contains a lot of fruits, fiber and carbohydrates. In addition, regularly take vitamins after consulting a doctor. Pay attention to reducing the amount of coffee and tea you drink, replacing it with juice. Eliminate bad habits from your life. If a person goes in for sports every day, then his health will be much better. Go on vacation if possible.

How to protect yourself from relapse

The most important thing is to correctly identify the disease and start therapy for relapse from any side. Unfortunately, many people accept the appearance of irritability, insomnia, bad mood and a number of other factors as a phenomenon that absolutely everyone lives with. Therefore, you should not contact a neurologist. But it’s not! It is important that loved ones were there at that moment, when it is difficult to survive everything! Experts demand to start treatment as early as possible.

Stress is not a normal condition and needs to be treated! Do not be afraid to disturb the doctor with your trifling questions – sleep disturbance, mental disorders, tearfulness, forgetfulness, memory impairment, dizziness and more.