Maladification

Did you know that early twenties is the most common time to develop a mental illness(other than Alzheimer's) in your life?

Now I'm sure there are a number of highly scientific reasons for this, but I think there are a good portion of social factors that may also influence this.

If you think about it, most people in their early twenties are either in school or starting out with jobs, careers, further academia, and so forth. We're not established. We don't know who we are. We're still figuring that out. So, when things go wrong, or unexpected changes happen that we're not ready for, I feel like this just adds to the vast quantities of stress already resting on our shoulders.

Many early twenties are living away from where they grew up, friends and family. Some people may still be living with their family, but no longer identify with them. When these stresses pile up and you don't have someone to lean on for support I think it could make the possibility of developing mental illness much more pronounced.

Now who knows how much truth there actually is to my haphazard armchair psychology, but I think there probably is some amount of truth to the matter. Either way, early twenties, take care of yourself and try and develop a support system, so even if you do end up with a mental illness there are at least people in your life that will come visit you in your padded room.