Mental Health: Signs of Decline

1.They become detached or self isolating.

2.They start to show frustration quite often.

3.Stop feeing sadness

4.Change in appetite.

5.Memory loss and not being in the present.

6.Lossing intrest in things they liked before.

Too absent-minded most of the time.

@SoulfullyAButterfly

They are not aware of their surroundings, almost like being half in with reality and the other half in their thoughts.

They sighs frequently. Heavy sighs- even when they aren't tired or did any thing that takes energy.

Sometimes they may ask questions that seem strange or out of context to you, but they've been thinking about this for a while.

They may not talk much, and when they do it may seem they talk too much.

@SoulfullyAButterfly

I think you have to know a person in order to know the signs that their mental health is declining, because different people deal with problems differently. My sister laughs too much when her life gets too hard. Some people share old photos of happier times on Facebook when they're having a hard time. There are also people who start looking for a fight when they feel upset. These are some of the signs from different people when their mental health is declining.

Signs of mental health decline as experienced by myself

Feeling negative, nausea, sleeping more, wanting someone to support although I don't feel like sharing much but still feel like someone should be there, forgetting things, feeling demotivated with life, self isolating, eating less, nightmares, stress headaches

@SoulfullyAButterfly

• Isolating yourself
• Irritability
• Anger outburst
• Passiveness
• Waves of sadness
• Unmotivated
• Unable to get things done on time or at all
• Waves of sadness without any particular reason
• Restlessness
• Breakdown
• Tiredness and exhaustion without doing anything
• Change in appetite
• Derealisation
• Dissociation
• Unwarrented Mood swings

@SoulfullyAButterfly

Their appearance can look unkempt

Changes in diet and appetite can show

Mood appears different, ie can withdraw

Loss of interest in themselves, others and their surroundings

No motivation

Show signs of irritability

Your relationship with them can feel so different to what it once was

Their emotions can be all over the place

@SoulfullyAButterfly

for me personally it's memory lapses, fatigue, low self worth,

isolating

sleeping too much or too little

sudden negative change in moods (like aggression, irritability, sadness) for no reason

@SoulfullyAButterfly

There are many signs that someone's mental health is declining. From what I experience and what I see from people around me, especially in someone who's trying hard to hold up and act like their life is going well, the most common is detachment and increased sensitivity.

Stop using social media, not using a profile picture in messaging apps, or using other pictures when they usually display the picture of them or people they care about. Tend to crave understanding very much and get very upset and discouraged when not getting it. Reluctant to engage, dismissive, or become very criticizing in a conversation that talks about the one they're in conflict with or other people exhibiting similar behavior. Easily irritated.

Those signs are subtle, and I often see people fail to notice it as a warning and instead tend to see it as people just being difficult or distant.