Each illness has its own symptoms, but common signs of mental illness can include the following:

• Cancelling plans at the last minute

• Mood swings lasting hours, days or weeks

• Extremely unmotivated to socialise, shower, clean or work

• Believing people secretly dislike/hate them

• Believing they are a burden to their family and friends

• Becoming intensely emotionally attached to new friends or relationships

• Being emotionally distant or unavailable

• Isolating themselves from other people and staying in their house/bedroom

• Continuously seeking reassurance that no one is mad at them or that they are still loved

• Sleeping all the time or not at all

• Eating all the time or not at all 

• Frequent crying/meltdowns 

There are many more, can you ADD any to the list? 

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