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Early Warning Signs of Mental Health Issues

Common early warning signs of potential mental health problems include losing interest in enjoyable activities, mood swings, changes in eating or sleeping habits, feeling anxious or lacking energy, and isolating oneself. Noticing these signs in oneself or a loved one can help identify issues early to seek help. Sharing potential warning signs with others can also help them notice changes and provide support.

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Early Warning Signs of Mental Health Issues

Common early warning signs of potential mental health problems include losing interest in enjoyable activities, mood swings, changes in eating or sleeping habits, feeling anxious or lacking energy, and isolating oneself. Noticing these signs in oneself or a loved one can help identify issues early to seek help. Sharing potential warning signs with others can also help them notice changes and provide support.

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Recognise early warning signs

Some common examples of early warning signs for mental health problems
include the following:

Losing interest in activities and tasks that were previously enjoyed.


Poor performance at work.
Mood swings that are very extreme or fast and out of character for you.
Self-harming behaviour, such as cutting yourself.
Changes in eating habits and/or appetite: over-eating, bingeing, not eating.
Loss of, or increase in, sexual desire.
Sleep problems.
Increased anxiety, looking or feeling jumpy or agitated, sometimes
including panic attacks.
Feeling tired and lacking energy.
Isolating yourself, socialising less; spending too much time in bed.
Wanting to go out a lot more, needing very little sleep, feeling highly
energetic, creative and sociable, making new friends rapidly, trusting
strangers or spending excessively this may signal that you are becoming
'high'.
Hearing and seeing things that others don't.
Other differences in perception; for example, mistakenly believing that
someone is trying to harm you, is laughing at you, or trying to take over
your body.

Try adding some of your own early warning signs to help you prepare for any
potential setbacks.
You can share these with family, friends and carers as well, so they can help
you identify the onset of these early warning signs.

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