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Nervous Breakdown Symptoms

Difficulty Concentrating

In the short run, stress caused by a nervous breakdown would increase the production of a hormone that can improve your concentration, boost memory storage, and enhance your brainpower. However, if this condition persists, it would reduce the attention span, thus reducing your capability to concentrate on daily tasks at school or work. In more extreme cases, an excessive amount of cortisol, the stress hormone, could even deteriorate the memory.[7]