Can extreme stress mimic mental illness? Or is it that mental illness can seem more acute while stressed?
Question:
I believe that it is possible to merely be extremely stressed while exhibiting symptoms of a major mental illness. If anyone can provide me with case studies &/or other documentation that validates or negates my hypothesis, please let me know.
Or could it be possible to only have a mild form of the mental illness that thrives under stress & tends to go relatively unnoticed the rest of the time? Another way to put this part of the question: is it possible to hear a voice telling you to kill your precious cat & that "he's a waste"... & only be stressed?? Or to have no recollection of the previous 3 days of your life- to wake up in clothes you wouldn't ordinarily wear? I don't do drugs/drink, etc. These are just 2 examples of mine having exhibited such aforesaid symptoms in the past, and no, I'd never hurt my cat for the world..and when I'm "not stressed", these things don't happen.. I feel normal.
Answers:
ahhh man... i was in the same boat ive had numerous fucked up **** go on in my life and it finally got to me. i was at the point you were at (where the voices and hallucinations would go away once i was happy again, 2 years ago) but now they stay no matter what. i have even gone back home cross country but these past two months havent helped. i suggest you see a therapist, and not a psychiatrist because when i was 11-17 they put me on any med they could and it only made it worse. if you would like to talk to me more on this (i could probably use your help too) email me @ ayeimjackie@yahoo.com
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