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2006-09-03 10:28:25 · 13 answers · asked by Ontol 6 in Health ➔ Mental Health
When your thinking processes become irrational. There is such a stigma attached to mental illness and there shouldnt be. Only a professional can diagnose you with a mental illness, and by the way there is a difference between a mental illness and a psychiatric illness. Most people, at least, once in their life suffer a mental illness, eg, when a relationship breaks up and you suffer depression. It is not an imagined illness, it is real, and it needs treatment, just like a broken leg does. The electrical impuses in your brain are not transferring the correct information when a person suffers from depression/anxiety, etc etc, therefore medication in a lot of cases will help...but medication alone will not do the job, counselling will. A mental illness does not have to be forever, like I said, we have all suffered it at least once in our lives.
If your thought processes are a bit off the mark, then I suggest not to diagnose yourself, but to go to a professional to see if you do have and illness. Would you try to mend your own broken leg, or would you go to a doctors to get it fixed?
Too many people assume that it is a weakness when you suffer a mental illness, they just expect you to "get over it"....thats bad advice.....you need help to get over it, or else you could suffer a mental illness for the rest of your life if it is not treated.
2006-09-08 13:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by rightio 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
rightio is spot on .
in Australia stats show 1 in 5 people suffer some sort of mental illness
I iamgine it would be much the same world wide
2006-09-09 20:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by fairypelican 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many different levels of *ill* when it comes to mental health. There are people who have mental problems but are very harmless and docile, they are still *ill*. Then there are the people with mental problems that are very violent and dangerous, they are *ill* as well. So I think all levels of mental health issues can be considered *ill*
2006-09-10 01:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by Daft One 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well in this time of heightened political correctness. persons with mental disorders are no longer referred to as "crazy" the term "mental ILLness" can be used to describe a large population of people who suffer from a large variety of mental disorders.
2006-09-03 17:37:32 · answer #4 · answered by mysticalflyingsquirrel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Colon Powell.
2006-09-09 22:50:55 · answer #5 · answered by Eric C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because you have a sickness that effects others
and the medical community needs to make money
so they have to treat these so called man made invented illness
2006-09-03 17:40:41 · answer #6 · answered by wantedman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the behaviour negatively affects the persons ability to function.
2006-09-03 19:12:34 · answer #7 · answered by buffybot67 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when their disorder or way of acting interferes with their or someone elses life on a daily regular basis - also depression, aggression, pain, avoidance - all can be called signals
2006-09-09 02:27:09 · answer #8 · answered by mesmartz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When their actions and speech are geared towards the harm of themselves or others.
2006-09-08 17:16:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you don't have to be crazy to be called ill. ill just means sick. anyone who is sick is ill. so, if you're in ICU or if you had urgent surgery you're ill.
2006-09-03 17:31:58 · answer #10 · answered by when's my next vacation??? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋