My Experience with Mental Illness
I. Introduction It is every parents hope that their child will grow up, graduate from college, and find his or her way in the world. Along the way, and throughout the many different milestones of independent living, what shatters this ideation is when that emerging young adult begins to exhibit symptoms of mental illness in the form of depression, anxiety and panic attacks. College students and recent college graduates are vulnerable to developing depressive symptoms when faced with the loss of familiar and secure structures of support. His or her self-esteem and perceived social support greatly influences his or her adaptive coping strategies when faced with stressful situations (Lee, 2014). Research conducted by Lee, (2014), reveals “… the American College Health Association reported that 31.6% of college students were so depressed that it was difficult to function…”. This paper will examine the relationship of the stress of transition in life for college students and the development of symptoms of depression, together with the manifestation of anxiety and panic attacks. Specifically, the importance of the roles of perceived social support and its influences on the coping skills and abilities affect these …show more content…
His name has been changed in this paper, to protect his identity and privacy. Jake is the eldest of three children in a military, middle-class, two-parent home. As part of a military family, he moved numerous times and attended a total of nine schools, from elementary through high school. As a child, Jake was considerably shy. He is regarded as a compassionate young man and possesses a great appreciation for art, literature and cinema. From a young age, Jake aspired to be a writer and developed a love of journaling and participated in writing blogs. A personality test recently taken by Jake reveals he is a INFJ-T
I. Introduction It is every parents hope that their child will grow up, graduate from college, and find his or her way in the world. Along the way, and throughout the many different milestones of independent living, what shatters this ideation is when that emerging young adult begins to exhibit symptoms of mental illness in the form of depression, anxiety and panic attacks. College students and recent college graduates are vulnerable to developing depressive symptoms when faced with the loss of familiar and secure structures of support. His or her self-esteem and perceived social support greatly influences his or her adaptive coping strategies when faced with stressful situations (Lee, 2014). Research conducted by Lee, (2014), reveals “… the American College Health Association reported that 31.6% of college students were so depressed that it was difficult to function…”. This paper will examine the relationship of the stress of transition in life for college students and the development of symptoms of depression, together with the manifestation of anxiety and panic attacks. Specifically, the importance of the roles of perceived social support and its influences on the coping skills and abilities affect these …show more content…
His name has been changed in this paper, to protect his identity and privacy. Jake is the eldest of three children in a military, middle-class, two-parent home. As part of a military family, he moved numerous times and attended a total of nine schools, from elementary through high school. As a child, Jake was considerably shy. He is regarded as a compassionate young man and possesses a great appreciation for art, literature and cinema. From a young age, Jake aspired to be a writer and developed a love of journaling and participated in writing blogs. A personality test recently taken by Jake reveals he is a INFJ-T