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Reasons Why Your Mental Health Is Deteriorating · A Capture Deep Vibs A Positive Space For Inspiration And Embracing Of Heart

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  Speaker 1: It's no secret. We live in a pretty grim world
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  Speaker 1: where people are getting hurt, opinions are divided, pandemics are
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  Speaker 1: breaking out, and there isn't any sign of it slowing.
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  Speaker 1: You know the phrase, lie down with dogs, stand up
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  Speaker 1: with fleas? Well, imagine the world is the dog and
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  Speaker 1: the negativity in the world, the fleas. Being immersed in
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  Speaker 1: so much negativity can impact your mental health, whether you
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  Speaker 1: think so or not. So, You can protect yourself and
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  Speaker 1: your mental health. Here are six possible reasons your mental
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  Speaker 1: health is deteriorating. Past trauma. We've previously posted some videos
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  Speaker 1: about PTSD. PTSD can be caused by exposure to a
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  Speaker 1: heavily traumatic experience. Because of the severity of this past event,
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  Speaker 1: your brain tends to react the same way to similar situations.
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  Speaker 1: Past trauma can also be a cause of deteriorating mental health.
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  Speaker 1: In 2015, a group of researchers from the University of
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  Speaker 1: West England did a study to find out about the
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  Speaker 1: mental health deterioration of people after their home was flooded.
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  Speaker 1: They found that understanding the individual's mental state and concerns
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  Speaker 1: pre-flooding were important to determining how their mental state was
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  Speaker 1: impacted post-flooding. Ultimately, those who already had a number of
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  Speaker 1: stressors present before the traumatic event occurred had more mental
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  Speaker 1: health deterioration. No mental health education. In the past decade
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  Speaker 1: or so, mental health has gone from being taboo to
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  Speaker 1: so widely accepted that we're able to have YouTube channels
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  Speaker 1: like Psych2Go completely dedicated to mental health education. Because of this,
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  Speaker 1: mental health information education has become more available. It's become
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  Speaker 1: so widely acknowledged that companies like Johnson & Johnson, Google,
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  Speaker 1: and RetailMeNot are creating mental health resources for their employees.
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  Speaker 1: Even high schools are including psychology courses in the curriculum
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  Speaker 1: and have counselors available to students. Lots of free resources.
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  Speaker 1: Sounds amazing, right? According to Jennifer Dimoff and Kevin Calloway,
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  Speaker 1: even though there's an abundance of resources available in the workplace,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of employees don't take full advantage of these benefits.
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  Speaker 1: When used, researchers found that employees could exhibit behavioral changes
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  Speaker 1: for up to three months. Whether it's therapy sessions, reading
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  Speaker 1: a psychology book, or watching your favorite Psych2Go video. It's
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  Speaker 1: all mental health education. Not using these resources to learn
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  Speaker 1: about yourself may be a reason for your mental health deteriorating.
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  Speaker 1: Increased strange behavior. Every mental illness has its own characteristics.
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  Speaker 1: This is why it's pretty offensive to assume someone who
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  Speaker 1: has a mental illness isn't intelligent or sane. Dr. Katern
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  Speaker 1: Gaskin and Dr. Gavin Dagley. did some research for the
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  Speaker 1: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare. Through this research,
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  Speaker 1: they found that an increased loss of touch with reality
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  Speaker 1: or even an ignorance to consequences can be a huge
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  Speaker 1: red flag of mental health deterioration. Let's say you have
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  Speaker 1: a friend who's had the same daily routine for as
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  Speaker 1: long as you've known them. It might be a bit
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  Speaker 1: weird if they start trying high adrenaline activities like bungee jumping,
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  Speaker 1: especially if they never showed any interest in them. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you have a friend who's pretty rational, and one day
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  Speaker 1: they start talking about hearing the mailbox talk to them.
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  Speaker 1: Hallucinations of any kind are not funny nor a joke.
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  Speaker 1: Please contact a mental health professional if you or a
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  Speaker 1: loved one is showing signs of seeing or hearing hallucinations.
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  Speaker 1: Anti-Hakuna Matata. Hakuna Matata. No worries. Anti-Hakuna Matata. All the worrying.
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  Speaker 1: According to the American Psychiatric Association, anxiety disorders are the
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  Speaker 1: most common of mental disorders and affect nearly 30% of
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  Speaker 1: adults at some point in their lives. Even though they
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  Speaker 1: are treatable, anxiety disorders come with their own set of symptoms.
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  Speaker 1: In fall 2020, an internet-based study was done on self-reported
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  Speaker 1: physical and mental health deterioration due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  Speaker 1: Not only was there the concern of getting sick or dying,
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  Speaker 1: but there were people being let go from their jobs,
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  Speaker 1: causing financial strain. Some were working lots of overtime, causing burnout.
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  Speaker 1: Due to job loss or other factors caused by the pandemic,
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  Speaker 1: some people were even evicted. These additional stress factors have
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  Speaker 1: caused increased mental health deterioration in these self-reports. If you're
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  Speaker 1: starting to see more stressful factors in your life instead
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  Speaker 1: of a balance of work and play, this can be
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  Speaker 1: a sign of mental health deterioration and that it's time
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  Speaker 1: to reprioritize. Where do you live? Take a look at
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  Speaker 1: your neighborhood. Is it clean? What's the crime rate like?
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  Speaker 1: Are there lots of things to do? In 2007, Daniel Kruger,
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Rachel, and Gilbert Gee did a study to determine
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  Speaker 1: the correlation between mental health and one's neighborhood conditions. This
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  Speaker 1: study's findings were very similar to the findings from the
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  Speaker 1: COVID-19 study, only on a smaller scale. The higher the
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  Speaker 1: perceived risk of crime and the lower the functionality of
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  Speaker 1: the neighborhood, the lower your mental health state may be.
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  Speaker 1: Think about it. If you live somewhere with a higher
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  Speaker 1: crime rate, you might be a bit more hesitant to
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  Speaker 1: go do something after work or school. If you live
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  Speaker 1: somewhere where there may not be many things to do,
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  Speaker 1: like go to a movie or bowling, you might not
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  Speaker 1: be getting a lot of your basic needs, like social
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  Speaker 1: interaction met. What are some other needs that might not
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  Speaker 1: be met in this situation? Let us know in the comments.
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  Speaker 1: Lost your groove. Let's be honest, it's really hard to
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  Speaker 1: be on 24-7. There are some days that you just
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  Speaker 1: can't quite feel like yourself, kind of like you've lost
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  Speaker 1: your groove. According to Jillian Louise Adams, MD of MedStar Health,
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  Speaker 1: this sense of being in a rut can be one
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  Speaker 1: of the biggest indicators of mental health deterioration. Some of
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  Speaker 1: the reasons Adam gives to explain the off feeling are
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  Speaker 1: poor quality of sleep, no joy, low energy, and even
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  Speaker 1: a change in appetite. But just like Stella and Emperor Kuzco,
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  Speaker 1: you can absolutely get your groove back. Some ways Adam
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  Speaker 1: suggests to get back to feeling more like yourself are
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  Speaker 1: aiming for 7-8 hours of sleep per night, exercising for
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  Speaker 1: at least 30 minutes 5 days per week, and finding someone,
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  Speaker 1: a friend, family member, or mental health professional to talk to.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have any personal go-to ways to snap you
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  Speaker 1: out of a funk? Share in the comments. Curious minds
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  Speaker 1: wanna know. Life is rough. As time goes on, the
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  Speaker 1: problems seem to level up, but you're leveling up too.
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  Speaker 1: Mental health deterioration is something that can be treated if
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  Speaker 1: you notice the symptoms and causes. If you relate to
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  Speaker 1: these signs, please reach out to a trusted friend or
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  Speaker 1: mental health professional to start taking steps towards building your
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  Speaker 1: mental state. Are there other signs of mental health deterioration
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  Speaker 1: that we didn't mention? Tell us. As always, keep an
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  Speaker 1: eye for Psy for more Psych2Go content. Until next time.