Mental Health 103

<p><em><strong>QUOTES: What May Be Hard Now Will Make You Stronger in the Long Run.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>2nd: Just For Today, Focus On Everything You Have To Gain instead of Everything You Have To Give Up. It Can Only Get Better From Here.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Mental health problems can have a wide range of causes. It's likely that for many people there is a complicated combination of factors – although different people may be more deeply affected by certain things than others.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>For example, the following factors could potentially result in a period of poor mental health:</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- childhood abuse, trauma, or neglect</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- social isolation or loneliness</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- experiencing discrimination and stigma, including racism</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- social disadvantage, poverty or debt</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- bereavement (losing someone close to you)</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- severe or long-term stress</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- having a long-term physical health condition</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- unemployment or losing your job</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- homelessness or poor housing</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- being a long-term carer for someone</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- drug and alcohol misuse</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- domestic violence, bullying or other abuse as an adult</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- significant trauma as an adult, such as military combat, being involved in a serious incident in which you feared for your life, or being the victim of a violent crime</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>- physical causes – for example, a head injury or a neurological condition such as epilepsy can have an impact on your behavior and mood. (It's important to rule out potential physical causes before seeking further treatment for a mental health problem).</strong></em></p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voic