nervousness

Classification according to ICD-10
R45.0	nervousness
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Nervousness is an inner state of mind of people (and also animals ) ( syn . Restlessness ), which is represented by removal from the state of rest and reduction or loss of calm . Characteristic for this term, which is often used colloquially, is the widespread and naturalized largely scientific-historical hypothesis of a psychophysical correlation , i.e. a connection between nerve functions and mental well-being or state of mind.

The inner "nervous condition" can make itself visible to the outside, through recognizable restlessness such as B .:

rapid eye movements, eyelid flutter,
restless hand and arm position,
Walk back and forth,
changed, raised voice and fast, less controlled speaking,
Sweats
Racing heart
Tremble
other control reduction,
many more expressions of body language .

These symptoms are to be regarded as variable and multifaceted.

Nervousness can be triggered by situations of tension (e.g. exams, impending difficult life situations or conversations).

Nervousness can also be a trait that belongs to the character of a person (or animal: in horses, for example).

Colloquial terms are “nerve suffering” as a synonym for mental illness or “nerve crisis” as a synonym for a stronger emotional reaction to an experience perceived as stressful or as an expression of a phase of life perceived subjectively as critical.

Nervousness (in the sense of a state of restlessness ) is also a common term for medical diagnosis and therapy .

history

Nervousness is a term based on a scientific history, especially in the German and English-speaking countries. The assumption of the somatics that nerve functions make up the mental well-being goes back to antiquity, but there was a widespread acceptance of these theses, especially in the 18th century. Representatives of these theories were u. a. George Cheyne and William Cullen . Cullen coined the term neurosis . Colloquial terms such as " Spleen " that are still used in Germany today go back to this time. Later, the term neurasthenia was also used for nervous disorders associated with altered mental well-being.

literature

Paul Julius Möbius : The nervousness. Leipzig 1885.

Web links

Wiktionary: nervousness - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

↑ Nervous crisis. and nervous disorders. In: Uwe Henrik Peters : Dictionary of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology. 3. Edition. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1984, p. 368.
↑ Martin Lindig: Pain, Sedation and Anesthesia. In: Jörg Braun, Roland Preuss (Ed.): Clinic Guide Intensive Care Medicine. 9th edition. Elsevier, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-437-23763-8 , pp. 581–618, here: p. 588 ( Therapy for restlessness, psychosis and delirium ).
^ William Cullen : First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students . 1777.
↑ George Cheyne : The English Malady. or, A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds, as Spleen, Vapors, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal and Hysterical Distempers with the Author's own Case at large. Dublin 1733. (Facsimile: Eric T. Carlson (Ed.), Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1976, ISBN 0-8201-1281-X )

[WPP-1] Nervous crisis. and nervous disorders. In: Uwe Henrik Peters : Dictionary of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology. 3. Edition. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1984, p. 368.

[2] Martin Lindig: Pain, Sedation and Anesthesia. In: Jörg Braun, Roland Preuss (Ed.): Clinic Guide Intensive Care Medicine. 9th edition. Elsevier, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-437-23763-8 , pp. 581–618, here: p. 588 ( Therapy for restlessness, psychosis and delirium ).

[3] William Cullen : First Lines of the Practice of Physic, for the Use of Students . 1777.

[4] George Cheyne : The English Malady. or, A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds, as Spleen, Vapors, Lowness of Spirits, Hypochondriacal and Hysterical Distempers with the Author's own Case at large. Dublin 1733. (Facsimile: Eric T. Carlson (Ed.), Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1976, ISBN 0-8201-1281-X )