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There are plenty of stereotypes when it comes to mental illness, here are 10 signs that mood problems may be due to more than a quirky or difficult personality.
Great mood
There are plenty of stereotypes when it comes to mental illness, here are 10 signs that mood problems may be due to more than a quirky or difficult personality.
Great mood
Hypomania is a high-energy state in which a person feels exuberant but hasn’t lost his or her grip on reality.
Inability to complete tasks
Having a house full of half-completed projects is a hallmark of bipolar disorder. Those who can’t finish tasks often go from task to task, planning grand, unrealistic projects that are never finished before moving on to something else.
Having a house full of half-completed projects is a hallmark of bipolar disorder. Those who can’t finish tasks often go from task to task, planning grand, unrealistic projects that are never finished before moving on to something else.
Depression
A person who is in a bipolar depressive state is going to present as very similar to someone who has depression, presenting the same problems with energy, appetite, sleep, and focus as others who have moderate depression.
A person who is in a bipolar depressive state is going to present as very similar to someone who has depression, presenting the same problems with energy, appetite, sleep, and focus as others who have moderate depression.
Irritability
Some people with this condition suffer from “mixed mania,” where they experience symptoms of mania and depression at the same time.
Some people with this condition suffer from “mixed mania,” where they experience symptoms of mania and depression at the same time.
Rapid speech
“Pressured speech” is one of the most common symptoms of bipolar disorder, it occurs when someone is really not in a two-way conversation.
“Pressured speech” is one of the most common symptoms of bipolar disorder, it occurs when someone is really not in a two-way conversation.
Trouble at work
Many of the symptoms can interfere with their ability to show up for work, do their job, and interact productively with others.
In addition to having problems completing tasks, they may have difficulty sleeping, irritability, and an inflated ego during a manic phase, and depression at other times, which causes excessive sleeping and additional mood problems.
Many of the symptoms can interfere with their ability to show up for work, do their job, and interact productively with others.
In addition to having problems completing tasks, they may have difficulty sleeping, irritability, and an inflated ego during a manic phase, and depression at other times, which causes excessive sleeping and additional mood problems.
Alcohol or drug abuse
Many people will drink when they are in a manic phase to slow themselves down, and use alcohol to improve their mood when they are depressed.
Many people will drink when they are in a manic phase to slow themselves down, and use alcohol to improve their mood when they are depressed.
Erratic behavior
When they are in a manic phase, people with bipolar disorder can have an inflated self-esteem.
Two of the most common types of behavior that can result from this are spending sprees and unusual sexual behavior.
When they are in a manic phase, people with bipolar disorder can have an inflated self-esteem.
Two of the most common types of behavior that can result from this are spending sprees and unusual sexual behavior.
Sleep problems
During a depression phase, they may sleep too much, and feel tired all the time, meanwhile during a manic phase, they may not sleep enough, but still never feel tired.
During a depression phase, they may sleep too much, and feel tired all the time, meanwhile during a manic phase, they may not sleep enough, but still never feel tired.
Flight of ideas
People feel like their mind is racing and that they can’t control or slow down their thoughts, it is often seen in the pressured speech.
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People feel like their mind is racing and that they can’t control or slow down their thoughts, it is often seen in the pressured speech.
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Unlike what many think mental disorders are not only a consequence of genetic factors, or of a serious trauma, they can be caused by many common things that may happen monthly, weekly or even daily in your lifetime. Here we give you a list with 8 common actions that may cause mental illness.
1. Sales Events
There is a physiological factor involved in these events when people go crazy and trample or shoot pepper spray in each other eyes, it is known as literally crazy symptoms like anxiety among others.
There is a physiological factor involved in these events when people go crazy and trample or shoot pepper spray in each other eyes, it is known as literally crazy symptoms like anxiety among others.
2. Long Winter Nights
SAD or Season Affective Disorder happens when the lack of sunlight affects your mood, leading you into a depression.
SAD or Season Affective Disorder happens when the lack of sunlight affects your mood, leading you into a depression.
3. Living alone
Depression has many factors and living alone is one potential cause that may increase the risk of being on anti-depressants.
Depression has many factors and living alone is one potential cause that may increase the risk of being on anti-depressants.
4. Owning a cat
Cats usually have inside them a small parasite called toxoplasma Gondi, when it leaves the cat, it gets inside another being, and this parasite might cause slower reactions and more reckless feeling.
Cats usually have inside them a small parasite called toxoplasma Gondi, when it leaves the cat, it gets inside another being, and this parasite might cause slower reactions and more reckless feeling.
5. A bed bug infestation
Some people may have physiological response to bed bugs, having symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, insomnia and anxiety.
Some people may have physiological response to bed bugs, having symptoms such as nightmares, flashbacks, insomnia and anxiety.
6. Having traumatic brain injury
After trauma, the rate for psychiatric disorders is almost 50%, the effects of concussions can last long past when the physical signs have gone.
After trauma, the rate for psychiatric disorders is almost 50%, the effects of concussions can last long past when the physical signs have gone.
7. Being in a bad car accident
A car crash can give you a long term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) causing shock and disorientation, and you can end up with a mental disorder.
A car crash can give you a long term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) causing shock and disorientation, and you can end up with a mental disorder.
8. Excessive praise as a child
Praising a child for every single thing they do can lead to a serious personality disorder.
Praising a child for every single thing they do can lead to a serious personality disorder.
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