What is a mental illness? "A defect in the minds function. But does not necessarily affect your intelligence. Saying a mental illness makes you crazy/stupid/funny is like saying an eating disorder makes you fat." said Gavin Bob Jones from Urban Dictionary. Many people have mental illnesses, but nobody knows because they are in your brain showing no physical effects. Help can be hard to get/find for victoms of mental illnesses. This page will let you explore many different views of mental illnesses and can help familiarize yourself with the mental illness world around you.
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Stages of a Mental Illness
#1: You don't know whats wrong with you, but you emotions and thoughts are unbearable. Everyone else get sad but for you it never goes away.
#1: You don't know whats wrong with you, but you emotions and thoughts are unbearable. Everyone else get sad but for you it never goes away.
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#2: You choose not to tell anyone about your feeling because they won't understand. You keep your mouth shut, causing your problems to never go away.
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#3: You finally tell your parents and go to the doctor, and they diagnosis you with a mental illness. You can't believe it. You think to yourself, how am I going to tell my friends? The best solution you think of is hiding it from everyone.
#3: You finally tell your parents and go to the doctor, and they diagnosis you with a mental illness. You can't believe it. You think to yourself, how am I going to tell my friends? The best solution you think of is hiding it from everyone.
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#4: You start to become more open about your mental illness, but people don't understand or believe that it is real, and that you can't control it. They tell you to get over it, thinking that it is in your control.
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#5: You take what the other said to heart and pretend you are fine, but on the inside you feel like you are a monster. You can't be contained and nobody will ever know that except yourself.
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#6: You continue to go on day by day, wearing a different "mask" to fake your happiness. Some people start to realize you aren't being yourself and start to try their best to help you, but it's still hard.
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#7: You finally let people back into your life, and help them understand what you are going through. There is now a whole support group there for you whenever you are struggling. You aren't alone, just remember to let those loving people in your life. Everyone has a trail, just reach out to others when you are struggling because you don't have to go through it alone. Your mental illness wont go away, but it is now bearable.
#7: You finally let people back into your life, and help them understand what you are going through. There is now a whole support group there for you whenever you are struggling. You aren't alone, just remember to let those loving people in your life. Everyone has a trail, just reach out to others when you are struggling because you don't have to go through it alone. Your mental illness wont go away, but it is now bearable.
The stages of mental illness are very unfamiliar to many people and too familiar to others. The more educated the world is about mental illnesses the more help the world can provide. Not everybody with mental illnesses gets the help they need and this can cause them to become suicidal, in some cases leading to death. But before diving into to suicide caused by mental illnesses, it's good to learn how modern day social media effects mental illnesses, which eventually lead to the horrific topic of suicide. The youth of today were born into a technology world, they can't escape it. Some have learned how to survive and others are struggling to get by. Mental illness are not controllable and social media doesn't help. View the slides and article below to learn more about how mental illnesses, social media, and suicide are all linked together.
Suicide Caused by Mental Illness
Do you know anyone that has taken their own life? Committing suicide is a very serious and dark subject that everyone wishes never existed. There are many different triggers or causes to why an individual would kill themselves, just depending on the person. Agitations and sleep deprivation, intoxication, age, access to firearms, family history of suicide, history of trauma or abuse, recent tragedy or loss, substance abuse, prolonged stress, and serious chronic or mental illnesses are all the major causes of suicide. The last cause mentioned is what we all need to focus on because NAMI researchers have found that “90 percent of all individuals who die by suicide experience a mental illness.
At times it can be hard to understand suicide just like it’s hard to know others have mental illnesses. Both of these things don't always have physical evidence, making it hard to help. Unless you have seen the effects or cause of a suicide it can also be hard to feel sympathetic for suicidal or the mentally ill person and their families.
There are many stories all over the internet that people have willingly shared to help others find help or advice. They are most of the time the personal stories are kept anonymous. The story im going to share parts of, is anonymous but it’s title is “A Father’s Story”. If interested press HERE to read full article. This story shows a fathers point of view of his son's suicide and how mental illness was a huge factor in it. The father wasn’t educated about mental illnesses, and if he was he might have been able to save his son's life..
The Father at the beginning of the story says “Until the night of 29th March 1993 I had no knowledge or experience of mental illness and not the slightest inkling that my eldest son, Jason, was suffering a depressive illness. There had been behaviours on occasions that had caused concern, but were easily dismissed as within the boundaries of sometimes-difficult teenage behaviour. I arrived just in time to see Jason collapse and begin convulsing as a result of a massive overdose of prescribed medication. I then struggled desperately to keep Jason alive, with barely remembered CPR, until the MICA paramedics arrived. It was a close call, but Jason survived that night and 2 days later was transferred to the Psychiatry Department of a major Public Hospital.”
Happily Jason survived his first massive overdose, but sadly he didn’t survive his last one. Jason was put into a Psychiatry Department but he was so depressed he didn’t care to live anymore. He started to give away his valuable things and knew his life was soon coming to an end. Jason didn’t want the mental hospitals helps so they let his leave. Sadly, he chose to take his life shortly after leaving the hospital. James was not mentally stable.
Mental illnesses are not diagnoses that should be taken lightly.Just like the story of Jason, he thought there was no better option for him than to die because his depression was so bad. Jason was not alone with this feeling of depression or any mental illness. There are so many people out in the world that need our help. They need someone to reach out and help them learn to live with their mental illness. Whether that is by going to a councilor or taking medication. There is always hope, taking a life is not an only option.
After learning from Jason's story evaluate yourself. Do I ask those around me how they are doing? Am I a reliable friend? Do I ask for help when I’m struggling? Do I know that “one person” I can turn to no matter the situation? Am I aware of those around me? Do I know how to properly help someone that is suicidal? Be the help others need, everyone deserves to have a great life. If you have mental illness get help. If you are suicidal get help. There are people out there that are willing to help put. The suicide hotline number is 1-800-273-8255.
Learning about mental illnesses can be hard to comprehend when you aren't faced with the trail yourself. But after hearing personal stories it can become easier to relate to, just like above when a Father told the story of his son suicide. After reading Jason's story many parents have learned they need to better educate themselves and their children about mental illnesses. The story that impacted me most as the author of this page was a girl named Josie Soloman. She was the inspiration of my work and has forever impacted my life forever. Below is the story of her life. I hope Josie's story will impact you just like it did for me.
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Mental illness is a issue that can not end, but can be helped. There is always someone in need, reach out and help just one person today.