Before we slip into the world of mental illness, we first must define what that means. Mental Illness refers actually to a wide range of mental health issues, disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior which include depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors. It is important that we understand what mental illness is so we can help recognize and treat it. Another good reason why understanding what mental illness is because there is an alarming amount of people committing suicide nowadays. Especially our youth that is being bullied, abused and otherwise mistreated. They display signs of either suicide or on the flip dangerous behavior such as school shootings. We all have at some point in our lives
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These types are: Anxiety Disorders - A person can experience extreme distress, panic or worry.
Common symptoms include: high blood pressure, increased heartbeat, upset stomach, tremors, muscle tension, feeling restless, and sleeplessness.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Depression - Common symptoms include: nightmares, having a lot of thoughts of the trauma you suffered, sleeplessness, startling easily.
Depression - Depression affects a person 's mood.
Mild Depression: Many people experience mild depression in their lives for example, sadness or not wanting to do anything.
Major Depression
Symptoms may include: extreme sadness or despair; a loss of interest in doing
anything for example work, hobbies or hygiene; sleeping problems loss of …show more content…
Hearing voices of people who are not present or no one else can hear, believing that people are wanting to cause them harm, belief of being someone famous or powerful, feeling and thought many not match, for example, laughing at a sad thought for no reason, Inability to preform everyday task for example looking after personal hygiene or diet.
If a person is experiencing a mental disorder early treatment is necessary for a early recovery. They may need anyone or combination of medications, support and counseling, support group meetings.
In conclusion, it is important to understand that this is from a misfire from the cortex of the brain and the frontal lobe. This is no one’s fault and there is no real test to determine mental illness what they can do is look at your medical history and the medical history of you family and determine what may have triggered it and determine what type it may be or determine that the behavior is caused by something else. It is important that we recognize what it is and get someone we know help as quick as we can and not let them suffer and cause their
These types are: Anxiety Disorders - A person can experience extreme distress, panic or worry.
Common symptoms include: high blood pressure, increased heartbeat, upset stomach, tremors, muscle tension, feeling restless, and sleeplessness.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Depression - Common symptoms include: nightmares, having a lot of thoughts of the trauma you suffered, sleeplessness, startling easily.
Depression - Depression affects a person 's mood.
Mild Depression: Many people experience mild depression in their lives for example, sadness or not wanting to do anything.
Major Depression
Symptoms may include: extreme sadness or despair; a loss of interest in doing
anything for example work, hobbies or hygiene; sleeping problems loss of …show more content…
Hearing voices of people who are not present or no one else can hear, believing that people are wanting to cause them harm, belief of being someone famous or powerful, feeling and thought many not match, for example, laughing at a sad thought for no reason, Inability to preform everyday task for example looking after personal hygiene or diet.
If a person is experiencing a mental disorder early treatment is necessary for a early recovery. They may need anyone or combination of medications, support and counseling, support group meetings.
In conclusion, it is important to understand that this is from a misfire from the cortex of the brain and the frontal lobe. This is no one’s fault and there is no real test to determine mental illness what they can do is look at your medical history and the medical history of you family and determine what may have triggered it and determine what type it may be or determine that the behavior is caused by something else. It is important that we recognize what it is and get someone we know help as quick as we can and not let them suffer and cause their