Transcend To Legacy: A Vessl Lesson

When people think of an “illness” they typically don’t automatically think of mental illness. They think about HIV, cancer, or even a cold or flu. However when it comes to mental illness it is a whole different idea. But is mental illness even real? Addressed in the book, The Myth of Mental Illness (1961), a psychiatrist Thomas Szasz argues that the idea of classifying psychological and emotional difficulties as “illnesses” takes away sense of control. Instead of holding people personally and morally responsible for their actions, he states, doctors attempt to “treat” the person, often with medications. Diagnosing mental illness, on the other hand, argue that mental disorders are as real as physical diseases and diagnosing them allows people

Mental illness becomes a bigger issue with a long lasting cultural stereotyped due to the manner in which it has long been labelled (Miles, 1988). Although mental illness is very much connected to instabilities in one’s mental health state, as previously mentioned, a person can be mentally healthy but still suffer from a mental illness. What is understood by mental illness is that it

Mental health conditions often get worse without treatment. If you think you see symptoms its important schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist or psychologist as soon as you can before anything escalades. Be sure to gather information about past mental health evaluations and other medical records. Mental illnesses have been seen to be genetic according to American psychological association. There are treatment options available. In addition to seeking help from healthcare professionals you should step three, educate yourself about illness. Let’s work together! We have to spread positive information about mental health, and together we can break through the stigma and work towards better

I believe mental illnesses are appropriately diagnosed today with the testing facilities that are available. Some

Mental illness is quickly becoming more and more common. There was a time when Americans never even knew many of the different mental illnesses and disorders were out there, and now it seems like everyone has one. This is because mental illness is overdiagnosed and there are statistics to prove this. The numbers of people being diagnosed with depression or anxiety has increased dramatically, along with ADHD. According to a survey that was done between 2001 and 2003, “46% of Americans met the standards of having a mental illness. These standards were from the American Psychiatric Association and the study was conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health” (Levine 2). That's almost half of Americans. There is no way that many of us have a mental disorder, and this is because they are taking normal behavior that everyone feels, and blowing it out of the water.

Mental illness is a condition characterized by emotions, thoughts, or behavior that are substantially abnormal for a given time and place in history (p. 514). Historically, it has been broadly been defined by self-harm, unrealistic thoughts and perceptions (delusions, hallucinations, magical thinking, etc.), inappropriate emotions, and rapid shifts in moods or beliefs. All these criteria compare the

Many people have mental issues nowadays. Whether they weren’t whooped enough as a child or if they really do need help. Mental illness are believed to be biologically based. Anxiety, major depression, obsessive compulsive

“Mental illness is like air. Just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there. It is all around us,” said Tricia Baker, co-founder of Attitudes in Reverse (AIR).

“Anxiety is not rude. Schizophrenia is not fake. Mental disorders are not wrong” Mental illnesses are not something to be ashamed of. In today’s society, illnesses can be seen as weird or abnormal, but in reality, our bias truly stems that illusion. Schizophrenia, anxiety and other mental illnesses are underrated as illnesses and overrated as attention-seeking. People can be predisposed to mental illnesses if a blood relative has a illness, neglection as a child, excessive drug and alcohol use, and much more.

Over forty million Americans suffer from a mental health condition; and, unfortunately, fifty six percent do not receive any treatment at all. “Mental illnesses are health conditions involving changes in thinking, emotion and behavior”(Psychiatry.org). People live with their conditions even though their quality of life and personal relationships may be negatively affected. When one lives in a state of denial about having a mental illness, they are cheating themselves out of living life to their fullest potential and will achieve true freedom only when they face the illness head on and seek recovery.

Martin Seligman once said; “One of the things psychologists used to say was that if you are depressed, anxious or angry, you couldn 't be happy. Those were at opposite ends of a continuum. I believe that you can be suffering or have a mental illness and be happy - just not in the same moment that you 're sad.” In Society people only listen to the stigma that surrounds mental illness which can cause the person suffering to feel worse about themselves and isolate them from society.

Realistically, diagnosis of a mental illness is only a medical diagnostic tool for the physician and it does not taking into account what the average person is dealing with or living with when they have a mental illness. One of the flaws of mental illness diagnosis is that it does not address the questions like what is the life quality of a patient or what other issues could arise in that patient based on these diagnoses.

I recently read the insightful memoir Girl, Interrupted written by Susanna Kaysen and it brought me into the world of mental illness. Susanna was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and she describes her thinking process and how her mind works. She explained how one of her thoughts could change into something else entirely. One part of her saw and thought about reality, but the other part of her saw imaginary things that her reality side had to compete against. It displays the fine line between the sane and the insane.

The Ocean Personality Traits Exercise is a personality test that results in a score in 5 characteristics, Openness, Conscientious, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Quirkiness.

Mental illness is a disorder that is considered to be a type of interruption in a person’s emotions, thoughts, or behavior. Mental illness signifies to a wide variety of disorders which can range from mild distress to impairing a person’s ability to function in daily life. Signs and symptoms of mental illness can vary, depending on the particular disorder, circumstances and other factors. Whether a behavior is considered normal or abnormal varies on the person’s situation surrounding their behavior. Throughout history there’ve been three overall beliefs for the causes of mental illness. These three theories are known as supernatural, somatogenic, and psychogenic. Each one of these stands for how one is viewed when seen as having a mental illness.