Mental Illness

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The leading substance abuse is a legal and easily accessible drug - Alcohol.

Types of substances frequently abused include:
• Alcohol🍺
• Marijuana🌳
• Prescription medicines, such as pain pills, stimulants, or anxiety pills💊
• Methamphetamine💎
• Cocaine❄
• Opiates💊
• Hallucinogens🍄
• Inhalants🌬

Substance (drug) abuse (alcohol or other drugs)

Substance abuse is the medical term used to describe a pattern of using a substance (drug) that causes significant problems or distress.

Substance (drug) dependence

Substance dependence is the medical term used to describe abuse of drugs or alcohol that continues even when significant problems related to their use have developed.

Substance and Drug Abuse🚫🚫🚫

ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often last into adulthood.
Children with ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviours ( may act without thinking about what the result will be or be overly active).
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Good morning good people. Today's post is about INSOMNIA.
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INSOMNIA is a common sleep disorder that can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause one to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep.
Common causes of insomnia include: stress, an irregular sleep schedule, poor sleeping habits, mental health disorder like anxiety and depression, to name a few.

There are three (3) types of insomnia and this are:
1. Transient insomnia
2. Acute insomnia
3. Chronic insomnia

OCD is a short term for Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder.
OCD is due to genetic and hereditary factor. It is a result of communication problem in the brain, However scientists are now realizing that OCD disrupts communication between the frontal cortex and another part of the brain known as the ventral straitum.

Signs of OCD are:
-excessively seeking reassurance
-redoing tasks
-resisting change ect...

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Trauma
Trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, r**e or natural disaster, or a pervasive problem. Others may say trauma is going through very stressful, frightening or distressing events.

How to deal with trauma
1. Lean on your loved ones, Identify friends or family members for support.
3.Face your feelings. It's normal to want to avoid thinking about a traumatic event.
4.Prioritize self-care.
Do your best to eat nutritious meals, get regular physical activity, and get a good night's sleep.
5.Be patient, do not force your self into healing just take your time.

There are 5 stages to this process:
1.Denial - Do not allow the emotions to overwhelm you, manifest that this can not be happening to you.
2.Anger - why did this have to happen? Think of anything positive towards the situation.
3. Bargaining - I promise I'll never ask for another thing if only you will.
4. Depression - a gloom that comes from having to adjust to so much so quickly.
5.Acceptance of the stress or trauma that you have been through.

Trauma works almost hand in hand with anxiety because once you have been traumatised, stress, confusion, sadness and agitation starts to kick on. One with anxiety may have the same symptoms.

POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event - either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety,as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the events.