Adults' mental health
Mental health problems range from the worries of everyday life to serious long-term conditions. Most people can get over them or learn to live with them, especially if they get help early on.
Living with a mental health problem can often have an impact on day to day life. It can make things that others might not think about a bit more difficult. If you think you may have a mental health problem here are some of the common early signs:
- losing interest in activities and tasks that you used to enjoy
- poor performance at school, college or work
- mood swings that are very extreme or fast and out of character for you
- self-harming behaviour, such as cutting yourself
- changes in eating habits and/or appetite: over-eating, bingeing, not eating
- loss of, or increase in, sexual desire
- sleep problems
- increased anxiety, looking or feeling ‘jumpy’ or agitated, sometimes including panic attacks
- feeling tired and lacking energy
- isolating yourself, socialising less; spending too much time in bed
- wanting to go out a lot more, needing very little sleep, feeling energetic, creative and sociable, being quick making new friends, trusting strangers or overspending, can signal that you are becoming 'high'
- Hearing and seeing things that others don't.
- Other differences in perception; like, believing that someone is trying to harm you, is laughing at you, or trying to take over your body