It’s not uncommon to feel sad, anxious, or angry from time to time. But when these and other feelings and symptoms begin to overwhelm you or disrupt your daily life, it may be time to seek help. One in five adults in the U.S. will experience a mental health condition, and asking for help from a trusted professional is the first step to improving your quality of life.
 
Some common signs and symptoms in adults may include:

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• Excessive worry or fear

• Feeling excessively sad or low

• Confused thinking or problems concentrating

• Extreme mood changes

• Prolonged or strong feelings of irritability or anger

• Avoiding friends and social activities

• Changes in sleeping habits or feeling tired and low energy

• Changes in eating habits such as increased hunger or lack of appetite

• Difficulty perceiving reality (delusions or hallucinations, in which a person experiences and senses things that don't exist in objective reality)

• Overuse of substances like alcohol or drugs

• Multiple physical ailments without obvious causes (such as headaches, stomach aches, vague and ongoing “aches and pains”)

• Thinking about suicide

• Inability to carry out daily activities or handle daily problems and stress