Does mental illness exist or not?
Edit - details were added to this question which changed the meaning. The following is based on the question without any details. Is this a joke? Why would you even question whether mental illness exists? Because you can't see it? Would you ever consider questioning whether cancer exists? You can't see it most of the time, right? It must not exist!Would you question whether arthritis exists? Can't see that, can you? Must not be real!Air! Can't see air! Air is imaginary! And bacteria! Those teenie, tiny little bugs that make people sick! Made up! They're not real!!I'm sick. Sick in the head. My brain doesn't work right. There's something wrong. You can't see it though, so it must not exist. Right?Ask my friends. Ask the people I work with. Ask them about how much my personality has changed over the past year as the madness has taken hold. Ask ME. Ask me what it's like to not be able to rely on your once-powerful brain, because it's telling you your family would be better off without you, and to slit your wrists. Ask any sufferer who's willing to talk to you about it, but be prepared to face their wrath. Maybe you can practice by asking the little bald girl in the corner if her cancer is real. (Sorry. I'm a little touchy.)
Does this sound like a mental health issue?
Hello, for a long time I noticed some strange things about me. I have a phase where I am nice to people, I think clear, I am positive just all the normal stuff but then after like 1 month I become extremly depressed, I am not really nice or respectfull to people, some things that shouldnt because their so irrelevant irritade me, I then am very sensitive I cry in my room over a lot of stuff and the worst part is when I get angry I completly dont control what I do. I then go to a room where I’m alone cry , take something sharp destroy the walls with it and self-harm with it on my leg , I tell myself how stupid I am and then feel guilty about it not even knowing why. The anger-thing last about 10 Minutes then I act like nothing ever happened and go on. I sometimes do stupid things like faint on purpous or get drunk just to feel some adrenalin. The whole depressed-phase last about 2 weeks to 1 month. I also have a memory loss while being in the depressed-phase. I also can’t tell apart reality and dreams I sometimes have problems with remembering if some things that happened to me were real or just a dream. I often get very frustradet and just start throwing things for no special reason. I dont know whats wrong with me.Thank you for your answers.
I m suffering from several mental illness ..?
my dear , i m a student of engineering 3rd year. i m suffering from several mental illness from last years . 1> my mental alertness is very low. 2> i cant concentrate on tasks for long time 3> my memory is going dull with time . 4> i have low self esteem. these are the mental illnesses i m suffering from . i will be thankful from deepest from my heart if u can tell me any solution . GOD BLESS U MY DEAR. manish poonia 00919467179410
Why isn't autism a mental illness?
Illness is when the normal structures of the brain or body stop working correctly. So, depression is a mental illness. It's a typically structured brain which has become unwell.Autism is not a mental illness. It is the normal functioning of a differently structured brain. Autistic people can also have mental illnesses like depression, but depression is likely to look different in an autistic person because their normal functioning is different to that of a typical brain.This is why the term ‘neurodiverse’ exists. There are different kinds of brains, and each has its own baseline of normal functioning. To use a common metaphor, typical brains are like PCs and autistic brains are like Macs. There's nothing inherently wrong with either, but they are not the same.
How can you succeed in spite of having a mental illness?
Honestly I don't think it's much different than being successful at anything else, such as learning a skill. It's a good idea to have both more global and local, say daily goals. The local, daily goals should be concrete and challenging but not impossible, and lead towards the bigger goal. By being concrete they are measurable and by being challenging they push you, but not too much so that you just fail over and over and have learned helplessness sink in. Let's say you have anxiety problems and are bothered by going out of the house. Your long term goal is to be able to go to normal social functions without panicking. Successes early in treatment may be getting through a normal shopping trip without needing to take a Xanax. If you were taking it frequently, that's no small accomplishment. Later you can learn to design aspects of your own CBT plan or try doing things that are more difficult, such as going to the movies without the bottle of Xanax. Of course that's all presuming you know what you mean by "successful." A therapist will help clarify your goals, calibrate things to your specific condition, and help you through those times when you get stuck.
Does exercise help mental health?
A few thoughts...Exercising too close to bed-time will disrupt your natural sleep, and sleep is an even more important factor in good mental health than exercise. Try a different time of day - when you get up, say, or at lunchtime. I'd aim to put at least 4 hours between finishing your workout and bedtime. (Also, watch the caffeine during the day, and don't have any as a workout supplement)It's cardio exercise that delivers most mental health benefits; you don't say what the makeup of your routine is, but try spending less time on the weights, and more time on the treadmill.Exercising when you're stressed can raise your aggression levels. Contrary to popular belief, the best way to get rid of anger or aggression isn't to punch something or 'vent' it in some other way - by pushing yourself in the gym, say. It's much better to use some stress reduction techniques like meditation or yoga - even if it's just for 5 or 10 mins before you work out - so that your workout can just be about you and your body. Keep your workouts to under an hour. If you can't get everything done you want in that time, consider doing a split routine. Cortisol, the stress hormone, rises during a workout, in order to enable the muscle fibres to breakdown ready to be re-built bigger and stronger. But if you work out for too long they will rise too high (especially if you were stressed *before* you started your workout) and start to make you feel worse rather than better.Try focusing on just the exercise, rather than listening to music. See if you can spend the time just noticing how your muscles feel as they are working, or on performing the exercise with perfect form. Each time your mind starts to wander onto something else, gently bring it back to the exercise. Research has shown that mind-wandering makes you less happy, even if you're thinking about something happy, than if you just focused on what you were doing.Meditation is also really great for mental health. If you can find a way to add meditation to your daily routine as well as the exercise, do it. You won't regret it!
What mental illness causes people tp laugh spontanously for no reason?Does anyone else have this problem?
How long ago has this started? It sounds like their could be a problem with the section of your brain that controls euphoria. Are you taking any Opid pain killers like Tremadol, Vicodin, or Hydrocodine? These can really mess with your head. Don't want to scare you but you should really go see a doctor and talk to him about this. It might not be anything, but your better safe than sorry epically since this could be a sign of degeneration, or in the worst possible case parasite.