Category: Mental Illness

The plight of people suffering from mental illnesses often goes unnoticed, and a good number of them end up homeless or in correctional facilities across the country. One of the main symptoms of schizophrenia is the withdrawal from social relations (Izydorczyk et al. 26). The patients are terrified of their own delusions and often avoid…

The strongest epidemic we face today, mental illness, is maybe not growing as fast as an infectious disease but it is harder to fix as its not even acknowledged in a right manner or sometimes not even at all. The issue peeks through popular music as top charts are filled with songs about depression, anxiety,…

You may think poetry is useless and dull, which it can be, but it also an amazing way to be creative and show what you feel. Poetry dates back thousands of years to the earliest literate cultures, before even written texts. In these times it was used for remembering history or law. Throughout centuries it…

Having died only four years apart from each other, it seems inevitable that these two extremely influential artists would have had some striking similarities in their work, from their preferred media to their actual subject matter; the large host of struggles they faced led them on a surprisingly similar path, depicting their own mental illness…

Stigma is a very basic word within the study of sociology that could be described by someone as a harmful mode of negative labelling towards someone else with a differentiating characteristic or attribute such as a form of mental illness or an intellectual disability which can lead to stereotypes, discrimination and even societal rejection possibly…

A relative stated, The thought of mental illness brings sorrow to my heart. I would want to provide or do anything possible for that individual, along with being cautious (Stone, April). Mental illness is immensely consequential and should not be taken for granted! Insanity is internationally expanding in humanity, but how can it be elucidated?…

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder that causes recurring thoughts and obsessions that lead to repetitive day-to-day behavior. Many do not understand what the mental illness truly is. Keeping things in a certain place or touching things like door handles and light switches multiple times or a particular number of times are just a couple…

Abstract Many people know someone who abuses substances or someone who has gone through addiction recovery. Even though many people have had this connection with substance abuse, they dont understand what people go through. It is important to what people who have abused substances or are abusing substances are going through. It is also important…

How exercising can help your mental and physical health In todays world exercising is a key element to a persons health. Exercising is used to keep our bodies in shape and healthy. Exercising can also be very difficult for some because they are not used to doing it and for others exercising is very natural…

Topic: the value of being alive. Specific purpose: to motivate my audience to save a suicidal person and change their lives. Did you ever hear of someone ever suicide or self-injury? It means acts that directly harm our lives or our body. Self-injury includes a variety of behaviors, including self-immolation, scratching of body parts, bumping…