At first, I had some unhappy things in my heart. After a long time, I thought I had forgotten. But more and more such things begin to rise to why we live. Then I can't find the answer. In fact, it's nothing. I feel a little depressed. I sorted out why people get depression_ Symptoms of depression, welcome to learn from.
Why do people get depression
The first is the excessive emotional adjustment since childhood and even infancy, and the lack of true self caused by taking care of parents' emotional needs and external requirements.
The second is the outbreak of depression, which is also a companion in the process of social transformation in our era
Third, patients with depression often have many interpersonal problems, which is also the legacy of trauma
In short, depression is caused by the accumulation of long-term mental pressure. Therefore, we need to relax our mind properly, adjust our mood, and treat life optimistically and positively.
Symptoms of depression
1. The mood continues to decline. Feel empty and worthless.
People have a little misunderstanding about depression. They always think that patients with depression are "sad" and "sad" every day. In fact, it is not. Some patients with depression, a more accurate description is: feel empty and worthless. The antonym of "depression" is not "happiness", but "vitality".
The meaning of this "persistence" is more like this every day.
2. Lose interest in everything around you.
The point is, lose interest in everything. We usually ask visitors, saying, what do you usually like to do? What do you like on weekends? A typical depressed visitor would say, I used to play, but now I'm not interested... I don't seem to be interested in anything.
And some of my friends, chatting with me for a long time, burst into tears and said they were not interested in anything. When I was packing, my eyes suddenly lit up and said, I'll take you to eat Thai food near the Lama Temple. It's delicious!
3. Appetite surge / loss, significant weight change.
People's emotions are always related to appetite. A more rigorous diagnosis is that weight changes by more than 5% in a month.
Deliberate weight loss and weight gain are not included.
What's more surprising is that some visitors with depression can't feel the change of their weight for a long time.
4. Sleep problems, insomnia / drowsiness.
When many people first come to the consulting room, they don't say "I'm depressed", but often say "I've lost sleep recently". One study said that insomnia has three stages. The first is that it is difficult for you to fall asleep, and then it will develop into waking up repeatedly at night. The third stage is waking up early and unable to fall asleep, that is, you can go to sleep, but wake up at 3 or 4 a.m., but you can only wake up until dawn.
5. Behavior changes (irritability / slow action).
Patients with depression often have behavioral changes that can be observed by others: they become slow in action and thinking. What is emphasized here is the "change" visible to others. For example, a person who used to be very clean and tidy suddenly became sloppy and unkempt. He used to be very clever. Recently, his thinking is very confused.
6. Tired and listless.
Depression, roughly speaking, is a physical disease. It's like you have a fever when you get pneumonia. Physical fatigue will not change your body. Some patients with depression sleep 22 hours a day and still feel very tired.
Therefore, tell depressed visitors, come on! Go exercise! Make friends! Be strong! You can do that! It's like saying to a patient with a fracture, come on! go jogging! Bite your teeth! You can do that! As like as two peas.
7. Low self-evaluation and negative thinking.
This also seems uncontrollable. No one wants to think negatively, and depressed visitors will work hard and want to be more positive, and even constantly blame themselves for their "negativity".
But this is a symptom of depression and, more broadly, the result of chemicals in the body. In fact, it is beyond the control of the depressed client.
8. Slow thinking and inattention.
It's like you worked overtime for three days and three nights. You feel dizzy, think very slowly, and you can't concentrate. You feel the same.
The more interesting description I heard is that when you are healthy, you can think about things in one circle or even two circles. When you are depressed, you can't remember what you were thinking just now.
9. Have the idea of death.
The idea of death will recur. When you have the above symptoms and lose "vitality", it is difficult for people to have nostalgia and interest in life.
10. For more than two weeks.
This is a more critical criterion. Sometimes girls experience most of the above symptoms during their physiological period. Or something happens in your life that makes you cry for two or three days. But if you have many of these symptoms, every day for more than two weeks. Please be sure to seek professional help.