Life After Mental Illness

[robert]

i noticed one story with a big bleed and recognised me there i had a caesarian section and a day after the stitches were taken out my stomach opened and i had to throw myself on the armchair, then three days later it oozed out again the badness i was told escaping within three weeks all sorts of bad things had happened to my family the third beenmy baby hospitalised with a sickness and diarhea bug i wonder if circumstances can make mental illness worse or if it would happen any way

[dave]

Stress and difficult situations can trigger or worsen mental illness. I still cringe everytime my dad, or anyone else for that matter, says something I think may be a little "controversial" in case my wife takes it the wrong way.

Fortunately she now recognises the onset of her symptoms and adapts her medication accordingly.

I was told by the mental health people to try and avoid stressful situations as much as possible, as they believe my wife's psychoses were aggravated by stress.