Mental illness is defined as a disorder that affects people’s mood, thinking and behavior. Anyone can develop a mental illness. A few signs are confused thinking, social withdrawal, feelings of extreme highs and lows. …show more content…
There are many other signs as well.
This is important because anyone in life can develop a mental illness. People should know not to do anything that will give that person an anxiety attack or slip them into a state of depression. Don’t walk on eggshells around them, just be nice and friendly. Being extremely precocious might make them feel really different from everybody else.
There are so many people in the U.S.
that are suffering from anxiety, depression, or stress, but many of those people don’t get the help they need. Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the U.S. (Facts & Statistics. Paragraph 1) It affects about 40 million people (Facts & Statistics. Paragraph 1). Anxiety and stress are very treatable but only about one in three of those affected receive treatment(Facts & Statistics. Paragraph 2).
Therapy and medication to solve these illnesses could potentially have a very high cost. One session of therapy could cost up to $300 (How Much Does Therapy Cost? Paragraph 2). Many people will not want to go get help if it is going to cost so much for them. If people’s insurance does cover it, it is very likely it will only cover a couple of sessions. Most people won’t want to go a couple of times, start to get better, and then have the help suddenly stop.
One way to relieve anxiety and stress is to get good sleep (Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress). One way to do that is to sleep for longer periods of time. Another way is to sleep without being interrupted by an alarm. If school started later people would be able to get up on their own and not be late for …show more content…
school.
Another way is to eat well-balanced meals.
If school started later there would have more time to make a good nutritious breakfast. More time to make food that would fuel their body throughout the day. People could take their time to eat instead of feeling rushed to get it all down. When people feel rushed they have a better chance of feeling stressed or getting anxiety about the day ahead of them.
Many people do not go to bed at a reasonable time so, school should start later to allow the students to get reasonable sleep. Students go to bed later having to get up at five or six and not getting the correct amount of sleep. Teenagers bodies are wired to be tired at a later time. Therefore it should start later to allow the students to come to school mentally and physically
prepared.
All middle schools will have to move their start time to 8 a.m. Middle school since that tends to be the age group where students tend to go to bed later not thinking about the consequences. All school districts will have until August 1st, 2018 to comply. If they do not comply by that time they will face a fine of up to $125,000.
As a result of anxiety and stress going untreated, many people struggle in their daily lives, therefore school should start later so that students can get more sleep in order to have less anxiety and stress throughout the day. Students are feeling more stressed and get more anxiety everyday. So, school should start later so that students can get more sleep and have less stress and anxiety throughout the day. Think of what people could do if their was less stress and anxiety in their lives. People would no longer struggle in school, work, and personal lives because of theses two mental illnesses.