Mental illness may be due to psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia or major depression. Difficulties in life also may contribute to the development of mental illness. Mental illness resulst from changes in the brain. These changes alter the way you think and feel. You may no longer enjoy things that used to be fun.
Social activities take too much effort.
Everything you do may feel like a drain. Thinking about mental illness this way may be very different for you. Character defects, defects in families or lack of will or motivation is not the cause of mental illness. Mental illness occurs because of changes both inside and outside of a person. These changes affect the chemical and electrical activity in the brain.