Debt and Mental Health

Imagine going out one day and buying 50 hats, or shopping for a baby or a pet that you don't have. Maybe you decide to buy a couple new cars and just go to the bank, get the money and do it. Or, you might just go to the shops and have a day long shopping spree buying whatever you'd like, regardless of the cost.

Sound like someone who has more money than they have sense?  Or maybe they have won the lottery and don't know how to properly invest their winnings. Try again.   People in the manic phase of Bipolar Disorder often spend money in foolhardy, irresponsible ways such as those above. While not listed as a Bipolar symptom, overspending may be one of the more disturbing results of the disease in that it may force the patient into bankruptcy.

When It all Gets Too Much

Attempts at suicide, and suicidal thoughts or feelings are usually a symptom indicating that a person isn't coping, often as a result of some event or series of events that they personally find overwhelmingly traumatic or distressing.

The majority of individuals who take their own life do not have a diagnosable mental illness. They are people just like you and I who at a particular time are feeling isolated, desperately unhappy and alone.

Domestic violence is any incident of threatening behaviour violence or abuse (physical, verbal, sexual, financial or emotional) between persons who are or have been intimate or family members..

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