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Why Did It Take Me So Long To Accept My Mental Health Medication?

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So, I used Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, my daily mantra and meditation to deal with them. The fear of no longer feeling like myself Change in personality is a very common fear of people hesitating to get on a psychiatric medication. Reminding me that I’m a patient, weak, ill, disabled, doomed. No, it was not.

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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A major life event such as divorce or disability. Experts agree that regardless of culture, a "nervous breakdown" means that the individual is no longer able to do his " normal functioning " due to extreme emotional or psychological distress or a psychiatric condition. Persistent stress from raising children. Death of a loved one.