Well, I continue working on what is important to know about mental health. The problem is that people who have never experienced mental health issues first hand or by observation have difficulty grasping how dysfunctional a person can become.
One important element is how the mental condition effects the person, such as the person's consentration or their distorted view of the world. A second element is the length of time the disturbance lasts. Depression that lasts a couple hours or a couple days, while painful, is the one where you just pick yourself up by the boot straps and get on with living. The last element is the one that measures how well a person can functioin. This could be as little as a feeling of anxiety before a test or stage fright before a performance, or as much as severely hurting one's self or the inability to maintain personal hygiene.
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