Have you ever noticed a family member or a friend acting strange or different? They might be suffering from a mental illness, but they are too scared to tell you because of how you might react or they just don't know they have a mental illness. Most of the time people might be so sad and alone they won't even try to get help. However, people should know that many times mental illness is caused by their environment and thoughts. According to Lisa Pederson, “we need to start thinking about mental health just like we think about physical illness.” The purpose of this essay is to inform readers about two specific mental health disorders, depression and PTSD, and how they can be treated.
To begin, depression is the most common mental health disorder that affects the daily activities of someone. Depression is a mood disorder that makes one feel empty and alone and like they are just falling in a hole they cant get out of. Avoiding people and staying away from everyone is common in severe cases of depression. According to the (anxiety and depression association of america) this
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PTSD is a disorder that develops in most people who have experienced a shocking, scary, dangerous event. “PTSD is diagnosed after a person experiences symptoms for at least one month following a traumatic event. However symptoms may not appear until several months or even years later” (NIMH). typical symptoms that some people may experience when they have ptsd are reliving the trauma in dreams or just out of no where in their head and there are physical symptoms such as your heart racing and out of nowhere you start sweating, sometimes you may have dreams about what happened and you can have scary thoughts at any time of the day. “An estimated 8% of Americans which is 24.4 million people have PTSD”. That is equal to the total population of Texas. Everyone out of every nine women develop PTSD, making them about twice as likely as men” (ptsd