I'm not sure what a nervous breakdown is although I have heard the term. When I was at my worst, many times I was sure I was on the verge of cracking up and just falling apart. Once I was looking in the mirror and I actually seemed to see myself disintegrating. But... it never happened. There were some long periods where it wasn't just day to day... it was moment to moment... second to second. I still have some bad times but they don't last as long. If it ever got bad again for an extended time I think I could manage. I hope it never happens because I'm just not sure I'd have the motivation at this stage of my life.
Everyone must have known I was suicidal. I suppose they didn't realize how serious I was. I'm very hard to read physically. There were times I was jumping out of my skin on the inside but people remarked on how outwardly calm I seemed. Crazy hmmm?
Anyway, no cops ever came to my door and I was never hospitalized. It sounds like the cops are on the ball where you live. I'm glad they handled it so well.
You can get through this. Do you have any help at all?