Friday, December 30, 2005
question for today
Temper tantrum . . . nervous breakdown . . . We use the phrases interchangeably. What do you think? Same thing? Different? Please compare and contrast.
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| posted by jau at 12:18 PM
— at 7:43 AM, January 03, 2006:
| posted by jau at 12:18 PM
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— at 7:43 AM, January 03, 2006:
Dear Anne,
Happy New Year to you. This is an interesting point you raise and I never thought these terms were interchangeable. Nervous breakdown, to me, usually means depression which is most often quiet and desperate. I think inability to express anger can, in fact, lead to breakdown. Often it is the people who throw temper tantrums who induce nervous breakdowns in others. My mother was a case in point. She was a mistress of euphemism, but she would never have called her tantrums a breakdown. In fact, she had the tantrums, I had the breakdown.
My field is nutrition and I have only peripheral dealings with depression etc, though I have met many depressed people in my work.
I would love to know more about what you think, either here, or email.
I'm nigiollachriost@yahoo.com
Yours,
Ghislaine
Happy New Year to you. This is an interesting point you raise and I never thought these terms were interchangeable. Nervous breakdown, to me, usually means depression which is most often quiet and desperate. I think inability to express anger can, in fact, lead to breakdown. Often it is the people who throw temper tantrums who induce nervous breakdowns in others. My mother was a case in point. She was a mistress of euphemism, but she would never have called her tantrums a breakdown. In fact, she had the tantrums, I had the breakdown.
My field is nutrition and I have only peripheral dealings with depression etc, though I have met many depressed people in my work.
I would love to know more about what you think, either here, or email.
I'm nigiollachriost@yahoo.com
Yours,
Ghislaine
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So they might be different things. lol ;)
Of the two, I'd prefer the temper tantrum because it's over faster. Hopefully :)
Happy New Year!
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