What are the consequences of mental illness?

Most of the time, the consequences of mental illnesses are shown as emotional, behavioral, physical or heath problems. Those may produce a decline of mental health in the individual affected.

As symptoms, the consequences of mental illnesses also vary from one to another. However, the repercussion of the illness can become more critical if the disease remains untreated. For example, in a disease as Depression, the initial "weak" aspects of the illness can complicate if the disease is not well-treated, leading to a Major Depression case.

Even thought, this kind of illnesses majority affect a person's minds, the consequences of it might also be notified as a physical problem. For example, a person with a high level of stress, it is most likely to suffer a stroke or premature death than one with a better mental health.

One of the most common mistakes people do while thinking about mental illness is assume that everyone who suffers a mental disease problem is aggressive. Aggressiveness is NOT a consequence of mental illness. People with mental problems can have problems with specific norms in society but that doesn't mean they are violent. In most of the cases, people who suffer of mental illness experience an aggressive behavior because of PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress  Disorder) . A Post-traumatic Stress Disorder is a disorder developed in people who have experiences a shocking or dangerous event. Therefore, people with PTSD may suffer "flashbacks" of an aggressive event that happened in their lives,what can produce a change in their behavior, that can incite them to violence.

One of the most dangerous consequences for people with mental illness is suicide. A lot of people with mental problems end up committing suicide because they don't feel good with their lives. For example,people with PTSD may decide to kill themselves because the past events they have suffered don't allow them to think rationally.