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At what point is a mental illness considered severe?

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Community Connector Posts: 1,294 Wise Owl
    apparently a mental illness that interferes with a person's life and ability to function is called a serious mental illness (SMI) but that doesn't make sense to me because how can you have a mental illness that doesn't interfere with your life??? isn't that like impossible bcs then it's not a mental illness if it's not that bad rigjt? idk
  • JJLemon18JJLemon18 Posts: 2,104 Boards Champion
    Xee wrote: »
    apparently a mental illness that interferes with a person's life and ability to function is called a serious mental illness (SMI) but that doesn't make sense to me because how can you have a mental illness that doesn't interfere with your life??? isn't that like impossible bcs then it's not a mental illness if it's not that bad rigjt? idk
    That that I'd assume 🤔
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  • Millie2787Millie2787 Community Connector Posts: 5,234 Part of The Furniture
    From what I’ve learnt Severe mental Illness (SMI) is diagnosed when a persons mental Illness has a significant impact on their occupational (Eating , drinking , cooking , washing etc) and social activities despite input from professionals . I think they also take into account how long someone’s been diagnosed for and what treatments they have had to try and manage their condition.
    Sometimes all you need is one person to believe in you , for you to begin to believe in yourself.
  • AzzimanAzziman Discussion Boards Moderator Posts: 2,541 Boards Guru
    edited August 2023
    Hey @IainJammyboy - echoing what @Millie2787, what makes a mental illness severe is, well, the severity! Mental illness is showing a set of symptoms for a particular period of time; what makes it severe is the extent to which it impairs your ability to lead your usual life. The more severe the impact is on your life, the more severe the condition is, and thus it requires greater intervention/effort to be able to remedy the "impairment", so to speak.
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