| Mental illness has been treated for thousands of | | | | jealousy and confusion can lead to a momentary |
| years with a variety of methods. It has been so | | | | breakdown. During this critically delicate phase, mental |
| feared by different cultures that atrocious and | | | | illness can quite possibly begin to fester. A state of |
| inhumane acts were committed. The ancient | | | | delusion sometimes may occur at this point. Also, |
| Egyptians drilled holes in patient's skulls to release | | | | visual and auditory hallucinations may begin to arise. |
| what they believed were evil spirits. Other civilizations | | | | Caught suddenly in a realm of mental surrender, one |
| maimed, tortured, and murdered the helpless victims | | | | might turn to the unthinkable. Loss of complete |
| of mental illness. Were these heinous acts against the | | | | control and reasoning ability qualifies that individual as |
| mentally ill justifiable? Perhaps the answer lies deeper | | | | temporarily insane. The vast majority of those who |
| than we may think. Is it possible that we all are | | | | develop temporary insanity do not commit |
| afflicted with some form of a mental sickness? | | | | unspeakable acts. However, the crimes in which |
| Many people are plagued by some form of mental | | | | murder, abuse, or torture is involved do follow the |
| illness. Whether it is a friend, family member, or | | | | above mentioned process. No matter how hard we |
| themselves, people associated with such a tragedy | | | | try to deny that these faults exist within us, the hard |
| often suffer long term effects. Diagnoses like | | | | truth is they do. We all have these emotions and |
| Schizophrenia, Manic Depression, and Disassociated | | | | consequently are responsible for the probable |
| Identity Disorder are becoming increasingly more | | | | reactions that take place. |
| common. It has been well documented that those | | | | Mental illness, as illustrated, is something we all clearly |
| who forego traumatic experiences usually have some | | | | possess at times. The concerning factors are the |
| kind of mental breakdown afterward. It is during this | | | | extent and effect it may have. Different forms of |
| fragile period where most contract a mental illness. All | | | | violence are often the end result to periodic human |
| of us have undergone a life tragedy or circumstance. | | | | breakdowns. All people have experienced an altered |
| Considering this fact alone, one would think mental | | | | state of mind which can also be labeled as temporary |
| illness was much more alive than we realize. | | | | insanity or simply a mental break. The only thing one |
| All people have witnessed temporary rage within | | | | can presume is that all human beings bear a |
| their own mind from time to time. Basic emotions like | | | | predisposition to deep seeded mental illness. |