Microphone picking up feedback

What's up y'all. I had a question. Can I microphone 'blow out', like monitors, when picking the monitor signal and making a loud, nasty sound. Unfortunately, I made this mistake and one of my monitors blew out. Fortunately, I bought a warranty with the monitor. My concern is with the microphone, that I just recently purchased, and one of the reasons I committed this mistake as I'm new to the vocal side of things. I was just wondering if the diaphragm or capsule could have blown out because this, causing distortion to the vocals? I hope ya can help me out, so I can stop stressing and thinking about it. I appreciate ya, in advance.

If the SPL get too high, yes the mic (a Ribbon mic especially) can be damaged but in most cases it would be fairly obvious. You'd probably go deaf before the mic is damaged from high levels alone. Now gust of air and moisture is a different story. The monitors will blow out long before the mic is damaged though, so it's probably fine.

For a beginner, I would recommend a uni-directional cardioid mic, they're tough for those loud sitations. Ribbon mics were meant for classical orchestrated music and are real delicate as Undertow said.

Do not plug in the mic if your speakers are active, turn them off and use headphones when using a mic. Also check your wires, sometimes if the mic is not plugged all the way in, it'll give a humming sound.

Thanks y'all. Yeah, my microphone was a diaphragm tube microphone. Yeah, that's something I learned early. Never have the monitors on with your Mic input open. It blew one of my monitors lol. But it seems, it doesn't affect the microphone. As Undertow stated, and I read at another forum, you will probably go deaf before blowing out or damaging a microphone. Thanks a lot for clearing that up.