What exactly is depression?
Depression, also known as depressive disorder, is a common mental illness, which is often manifested as depression, inferiority, pessimism, lack of initiative, loss of interest, anorexia or overeating, and impaired cognitive ability. Martin Seliman, a famous American psychologist, called it a "cold" in psychiatry. The reason for this is that about 12% people have been troubled by depression in their lives, and 75%~80% patients will relapse many times. As the mental illness with the highest suicide rate, almost one in seven adults suffers from depression. Its terrible degree can be imagined. Depression will seriously interfere with patients' life and work, and bring a heavy burden to family and society. About 15% of patients with depression died of suicide. A joint study by the World Health Organization, the World Bank and Harvard University shows that depression has become the second most serious disease in China.
Why do you get depression?
The causes of depression are very complicated, so far there is no conclusion, but there is no doubt that the formation of depression has a constant relationship with physiology, psychology and society. In today's fast-paced city life and increasingly competitive environment, people can't help putting pressure on themselves. Many white-collar workers in enterprises and students facing further studies and employment are particularly prone to depression. When various external pressures and high expectations are difficult to balance, the factors of depression in the body become active. If you can get rid of bad emotions or see a doctor in time, you can recover quickly, but if you let it develop, it will often lead to tragedies such as self-harm and suicide.
The following is a monologue of a depressed patient. You can see that depression is really a kind of torture.
Sometimes your jokes will leave an indelible wound in my heart.
Some knowledge about depression needs to be popularized.
1, the antonym of depression is not just "happy", just like I am unhappy. The opposite of depression is more "vitality", that is, the body is trapped by disease, which leads to life being trapped, and the energy in the body seems to be drained, which leads to life being evacuated.
2. Depression is a disease, not a pessimistic mood, affectation or posturing, but an imbalance in the secretion of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain, so don't say, "What are you depressed about? I'm still depressed. "For a depressed patient, just like you wouldn't say," What are you depressed about? "For a cancer patient, I am still very depressed. Depression is a disease.
3, depression is a disease, need to take medicine and treatment. It is true that some people have mild depression and get through it themselves, but for the vast majority of depressed patients, carrying it is not the way. This is not a disease that can be overcome by will.
4. The external manifestations of depression are very complicated. Pessimism and depression is certainly a symptom, but it is often manifested through physical symptoms, such as dizziness and fatigue. So don't deny the possibility that a person's depression has no psychological symptoms but only physical symptoms.
5. The emotional control ability of patients with depression will be worse than that of ordinary people. In addition to often not wanting to talk, they often can't help losing control of their emotions and being grumpy. I hope everyone can understand that people with depression are also very upset about this emotional loss of control.
6. The sense of loneliness and despair of patients with depression often comes from misunderstanding or contempt of the outside world. The outside world doesn't know that you are really sick, and the illness is very complicated, which leads to a lot of cynicism and will make the dark life of depressed patients worse. To fight depression, what patients need is not the truth of people around them, but support and encouragement. Simply put, it is understanding and caring.
So how should we prevent depression?
1. Arrange your daily life reasonably
Even if there is no pressure at work, you should always recharge yourself, learn more new things, and don't start thinking all day, which may easily lead to mental illness!
2. pay attention.
When you encounter some troubles, you can try to change your mood. You can take a few deep breaths first, then close your eyes and repeat this motto in your mind, and then you will calm down because of the change of mood.
3. Keep a good attitude
Keep a good attitude and enjoy simple happiness every day. For example, after waking up every day, don't think about busy work, complicated colleague relationship and trivial housework, but let yourself enjoy this moment of relaxation and tell yourself that the sun is new every day.
Finally, Bian Xiao hopes that more people can treat depression correctly. There is no such thing as "appearance" in depression. Depression doesn't have to be manifested to be called depression. Give him more care and less harm. Depression is really not melodramatic!