Mental illness is the main issue that we are refusing to admit as a society. Thus, we can see a lot of lost people who are lost and do not know what to do. In this blog, I will be introducing the warning signs and red flags that show you have a mental illness and need a professional psychologist or psychiatrist. According to the Mental health America organization "Mental Illness and The Family: Recognizing Warning Signs and How to cope" article (N.d.).
The symptoms in young adults, adults, and adolescents are:
Confused thinking "feelings of extreme highs and lows, excessive fears, and worries."
Anxieties.
Social withdrawal
Dramatic changes in eating habits.
Changes in sleeping habits.
Strong feelings of anger.
Strange thoughts (delusions).
Seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations).
Growing inability to cope with daily problems and activities.
Suicidal thoughts.
Numerous unexplained physical ailments.
Substance use.
Prolonged depression, such as continuous sadness or irritability.
While the symptoms in older children and pre-adolescents are:
Substance use
Inability to cope with problems and daily activities.
Changes in sleeping and eating habits.
Excessive complaints of physical ailments.
Changes in ability to manage responsibilities either at home or school.
Defiance of authority.
Truancy.
Theft or "vandalism, intense fear, prolonged negative mood, often accompanied by poor appetite or thoughts of death, frequent outbursts of anger."
Finally, the symptoms in younger children are:
Changes in school performance.
Poor grades despite strong efforts.
Changes in sleeping and eating habits.
Excessive worry or anxiety "(refusing to go to bed or school).
Hyperactivity.
Persistent nightmares.
Persistent disobedience.
Aggression.
Frequent temper tantrums.
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