It may be difficult to decide when a symptom might mean you have a mental disorder. Many of the symptoms given below may occur sporadically in people without mental disorders e.g., anxiety, depression, euphoria,. repeated thinking (worry) etc. Any symptom below is indicative of  a disorder when it causes distress (discomfort) to yourself or others around you and begins to interfere with your daily functioning. 

In adults

• Confused thinking
• Inability to think clearly
• Performance difficulties
• Long-lasting sadness or irritability
• Extreme highs and lows in mood
• Excessive fear, worry, or anxiety
• Social withdrawal
• Dramatic changes in eating or sleeping habits
• Strong, uncontrollable feelings of anger
• Delusions or hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not really there)
• Increasing inability to cope with daily problems and activities
• Thoughts of suicide, hopelessness, worthlessness
• Denial of obvious problems
• Many unexplained physical problems
• Abuse of drugs and/or alcohol
• Sleep disturbance
• Excessive and unwanted thoughts
• Unreasonable fears
• Unexplained behavior change
• Sudden change in personality
• Excessive suspicion
• Chronic headache
• Multiple unexplainable aches and pain
• Unreasonable fatigue
• Fainting spells
• Memory disturbances
• Sexual dysfunction
• Dullness, lack of motivation

In Old Age:

• Persistent nightmares
• Memory disturbances
• Cognitive disturbances
• Sudden change in personality and behavior
• Unexplained irritability and anger

In older children and pre-teens

• Abuse of drugs and/or alcohol
• Inability to cope with daily problems and activities
• Changes in sleeping and/or eating habits
• Excessive complaints of physical problems
• Defying authority, skipping school, stealing, or damaging property
• Intense fear of gaining weight
• Long-lasting negative mood, often along with poor appetite and thoughts of death
• Frequent outbursts of anger

In younger children

• Changes in school performance
• Poor grades despite strong efforts
• Excessive worry or anxiety
• Hyperactivity
• Persistent nightmares
• Bed wetting
• Slow development
• Persistent disobedience and/or aggressive behavior
• Frequent temper tantrum

If you have any of the symptoms detailed here, and they make you feel miserable, or cause distress to people around you and / or interefere with your daily functioning, it is in your interest to consult a mental health professional as soon as possible. Most mental disorders don't improve on their own, and if untreated, a mental disorder may get worse over time and cause significant problems in your life. 

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