Hopelessness
Another common sign of a nervous breakdown can be the feeling of hopelessness or helplessness. This can occur during or before your mental issue. In most cases, you might feel a lack of internal resources to deal with daily problems, thus feeling helpless. Also, you might be unable to control the situations around and don’t see any way to get out of the current predicaments. In fact, this is a common symptom of depression which would lead to a nervous breakdown. [3]
