who thinks mental illness is related to stresses of life??

Answer 1

Many mental illnesses are genetic, but stress will trigger them into appearing sooner, or make them worse if they're already present.

Answer 2

It certainly is. I know someone who has a mental illness because of this. He had stress with joining the army and helping his brother too. He listened to sad stories of his parents suffering in wars.

When he came to America he was not treated well at all.

Now he thinks the government is after him. So, stress does affect mental illnesses. I think this would fall under enviormental which affects the mental illnesses.

Answer 3

I believe sometimes it is chemical and sometimes it is stress, and technically it can be both
As an example,there is a homeless man here in Omaha who stands on the corner of 30th and Ames everyday, who wears trash bags for clothing (even in the Summer) and duct tape for shoes.
He used to be a college professor and then he "lost his mind" when his daughter was murdered five years ago.
I suppose that technically the stress of something this traumatic released chemicals in his brain that caused his mental illness.
Poor guy.

Answer 4

my personal belief is that stress is at the root of all the ills that plague humanity... indeed, probably every living thing... physical and mental... everyone reacts to stress differently - what one person can easily handle might cause immense hardship for another... I believe stress causes heart disease, cancers, ulcers, headaches and yes, psychiatric distress

I run a training program for people who have been diagnosed with Axis I mental health diagnoses (schizophrenia, all the polars, depression, personality disorders, yaddayadda) and I am witness to mental wellness emerging when life's stressors are dealt with healthfully... my qualification to run the program comes not from letters after my name - I am a graduate of the program and have struggled with the psychiatric distress of stress most of my life

Answer 5

This sounds like something that can be explained by the Doctrine of Situationism. Genetics affects the mind just as much as the Environment. So of course stress influences mental illnesses. No matter how genetically prone you are, you're environment has to do with it.

Answer 6

No, they aren't. Depression is related to stress, but mental illness has to be treated for longer periods of time.

Answer 7

Bingo I agree totally... If you go threw life stress then you can end up with mental illness over relationships, finances and health..

Support group for Anxiety Disorders http://www.paxilprogress.org/ by far the best one out there!

Answer 8

I definitely do. So much going on. We can never keep up or have enough. We have to work too much to make ends meet. I think a lot of it can be blamed on t.v. and movies for giving us the false views of life and what life should entail and be like and if it is we think something is wrong with us and can never measure up.

Answer 9

Sometimes mental illness is caused by excessive and repetitive stressors. Here are 14 short steps to beat stress:

http://www.deservingbodymassage.com/stress-relief-tips.html

http://www.reducingstress.net/

http://www.deservingbodymassage.com/benefits-massage-emotions.html

Hope you feel better soon!!

Answer 10

That makes sense. Our brains evolved to have periods of calm, and the occaisional OH CRAP a LION is chasing us.....instead we have constant low leve stress and stimulation.