Early symptoms of mental illness in women

Mental illness, also known as mental illness, refers to a disease in which, under the influence of various ecological, psychological and social environmental factors, the brain nerves are imbalanced, resulting in varying degrees of obstruction of mental activities such as cognition, emotion, belief and behavior as clinical symptoms.

Causes

1. Ecological factors

The most popular explanation for mental illness today is an ecological one; a person with a mental illness may have different brain structures or functions, or different neurochemical changes, either due to genetics or environmental insults (such as fetal alcohol syndrome). For example, many patients diagnosed with schizophrenia have been found to have swollen ventricles and shrunken gray matter in their brains. In addition, some people believe that an imbalance in neurotransmitters can also cause mental illness. Numerous genetic and twin studies have confirmed that mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are genetically inherited.

2. Psychological barriers

Sociologists believe that conflict, crisis, anxiety, and trauma can cause mental illness, especially in a person who is highly vulnerable. For example, a child who sees his parents slashing someone may develop depression and anxiety, or even suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

3. Social factors

Educators believe that major events and situations can cause mental illness. For example, during social movements, wars, or when faced with natural or man-made diseases, people in those areas are more likely to develop mental illnesses. Areas that are poor, destitute, and lack resources and support are also more likely to suffer from mental illness than wealthy and stable areas.

Clinical symptoms

1. Main manifestations in the early stage

(1) Sudden changes in temperament: People who were originally outgoing and enthusiastic suddenly become increasingly indifferent to others, withdrawn and lonely, and unruly in their diet, clothing, housing and transportation, and do not follow the rules. I no longer have the enthusiasm I once had for everything.

(2) Emotional confusion: The person becomes increasingly emotionally cold, indifferent to family members, and indifferent to things around him or her. His or her temper becomes increasingly irritable, and he or she often loses temper over trivial matters and laughs or cries for no reason.

(3) Strange behavior: The individual’s behavior begins to become increasingly strange. He likes to be absent-minded and eccentric, and ordinary people can't communicate with him.

(4) Becoming suspicious and sensitive to everything, taking everything around you as your own fault. He believes that others are talking about him, refuses to eat or drink, and feels that many people want to harm him. Sometimes he even suffers from hallucinations and delusions.

(5) Sleep disorders: gradually or suddenly, it becomes increasingly difficult to fall asleep. Even if you fall asleep, you are easily startled and wake up or your sleep quality is not deep. You suffer from insomnia and nightmares all night or sleep too much.

(6) Mental illness caused by psychoactive substances, alcohol poisoning, organophosphorus poisoning, non-dependence mental illness, adrenal growth hormone, sedative hypnotic poisoning, etc.