Symptoms of psychosis in adolescence

When it comes to adolescence, many people must have had many scenes flashing through their minds, including rebellion, uncompromising attitude, and great mental stress. However, some people say that many people say that youth is beautiful, but real life is often contrary to one’s wishes. Adolescence is a period of particularly high mental stress, which can lead to a type of mental illness. So, if we are unfortunate enough to suffer from a mental illness during adolescence, what are the dangers? Let me introduce it to you today.

1. Decreased human immunity

Medical research shows that there is a special relationship between human emotions and the body's immune system. Long-term excessive mental stress will have a negative impact on them. Common symptoms include: irritability, mental fatigue, insomnia and other neurological symptoms, as well as palpitations, chest tightness, limb fatigue, back pain, leg pain and sexual dysfunction. Excessive mental stress in women can also lead to irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dull complexion, dark spots, etc.

Eating disorders

People who are under great mental stress often tend to torture themselves, for example, they may go shopping, spend, overeat, and drink alcohol desperately. Some people also experience anorexia, loss of appetite, stomach discomfort, diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting.

Refuse to communicate with the outside world

People who are under too much mental stress stay at home all the time except for work, do not participate in any social activities, and are unwilling to see anyone. This may indicate that they are under tremendous mental stress.

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases

The media frequently reports news of death from overwork, which also reminds people of the importance of preventing excessive mental stress. Because among people who die from overwork, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are the most common causes of death. Many overworked white-collar workers suffer from diseases such as myocardial infarction at a young age and rescue is ineffective. If people are in a state of tension and overwork for a long time, their sympathetic nerves will always be excited, which can easily cause damage to the vascular endothelium, cause arteriosclerosis, and gradually progress to unstable plaques. When combined with thrombosis, it will cause myocardial infarction.

Chronic stress may shrink your brain

Participating in mentally stressful activities can impair your brain's memory function and learning ability by reducing gray matter in areas of the brain that affect emotion, self-control and physical function. Chronic stress and depression can reduce the volume of the brain's prefrontal cortex, impairing emotional and cognitive function.

Induce orthopedic diseases

Excessive mental stress can also induce orthopedic diseases. On the one hand, muscle tension will increase after being stressed. Prolonged muscle contractions can trigger tension headaches, migraines, and various skeletal muscle pains. On the other hand, the reduction of hormones produced by stress can lead to rapid bone loss, affecting bone density and inducing orthopedic diseases.

Excessive mood swings

Excessive mental stress can make people feel unhappy, depressed, anxious, painful, dissatisfied, pessimistic and stuffy, feel that life is boring, have reduced self-control, suddenly become angry, cry or laugh, and have a reduced ability to work independently. Usually active people become lazy, and usually quiet people become emotional. Their originally easy-going personality suddenly becomes irritable and they become intolerant and avoidant of the senses, and suddenly become intolerant of music, electric lights, and the conversations of family members or subordinates.