The patient’s attitude is crucial to cure depression. The patient was discharged from the hospital on July 23, only 16 days after he was admitted on July 7. In addition to the excellent medical skills of Dr. Luo Qinghua of the Mental Health Center of the First Hospital of Heavy Medicine and the warm and caring care of the nurses, it also has a lot to do with my active cooperation and timely adjustment of my mentality. I would like to make a compendium of my treatment process and my experience, and hope to share it with friends who have similar problems. 16+ years before admission, the patient reported that he had been suffering from somatic discomfort, such as hot flashes, excessive sweating, palpitations, fidgeting and distraction, etc., after catching a cold, and was in a poor mood, not happy, and repeatedly worried about his physical health. He has poor sleep at night, wakes up easily and has difficulty in falling asleep after waking up. She has been diagnosed with “perimenopausal syndrome” and has been treated with estrogen (exact dosage unknown) and Xuloxane (maximum dose 3 tablets/night) for a long time with good results. 2+ months ago, the patient had a recurrence of the above-mentioned condition, with hot flashes during the day, excessive sweating, restlessness, poor mood, feeling of despair in severe cases, negative thoughts (but no behavior), and diminished interest. Poor sleep at night, mainly waking up and difficulty in falling asleep after waking up. She has been taking estrogen and Xuloxane on her own with poor results. Therefore, she was admitted to our department today for further consultation and treatment. Since the onset of the disease, the patient’s appetite is fine, her mental state is clear, her sleep is not good, her stool is normal, her urine is normal, and her weight has not changed significantly. The patient had a common encounter with many patients in the hospital, that is, they had seen all the possible specialties and had taken numerous Chinese and Western medicines without any effect, and finally they had no choice but to try psychiatry or mental health department. In fact, with the increasing pressure of competition, urban people suffer from depression and anxiety disorders, but the vast majority of people do not realize, even if others reminded also do not want to admit, always feel that once the psychiatric consultation is no different from the mental illness in the minds of everyone, for fear of discrimination, in fact, this is a great misunderstanding, the two are completely unrelated. For example, I have been suffering from this disease for more than ten years, but because the symptoms are similar to those of “menopause syndrome” (panic attacks, insomnia, hot flashes, sweating, fear of cold, wind, dizziness, etc.), I have been seeing a gynecologist, whose treatment is mainly estrogen supplementation. Because my estrogen levels were indeed low, the initial supplementation had some effect. However, I had to rely on sleeping pills to ensure my sleep, and I would have episodes once or twice a year, often after I had a cold. So I had to increase the amount of hormone medication, input gammaglobulin to strengthen the resistance, take Chinese medicine to regulate, etc. When it was good, it took half a month to slowly improve, and when it was bad, it would drag on for more than a month, which was very painful. After the attack in April this year, no medication worked for more than three months, and the symptoms were getting worse day by day, so I was close to collapse. I didn’t expect to find the right temple door, as the so-called medicine to the disease, a day began to have an effect, day by day relaxed, a week was basically cured, this is never before the speed. When I met my classmates at the reunion, I changed the heavy package I used to wear (it was 35 degrees on the day I arrived at the hospital, but I was still wearing a thick jacket, which became a laughing stock for my friends) and appeared in short clothes and shorts, and my full spirit made my classmates feel surprised. In order to consolidate the effect of treatment, but also a little hospital dependence, only after 16 days reluctantly discharged from the hospital. Depression is a mental illness, so it is crucial to have a positive attitude, which includes trusting the hospital or doctor you choose and believing that they will be able to cure your illness. Honestly, I entered the hospital in the morning, and when I told the doctor about my condition, I couldn’t help bawling, but when the doctor said your illness is fine and will be cured soon, I felt half relieved and immediately took off the jacket I had been wearing for months when I went out to eat at noon. On the contrary, one of my patients was suspicious everywhere, doubting that the doctor was too young, that he would be inexperienced, that he would not feel anything after physical therapy, and that he doubted the effectiveness of his treatment. When the medicine is less than others, worry about the effectiveness of the treatment; when the medicine is more than others and worry about eating the sequelae. I feel like I have slept for only three or four hours at night, even though I have slept well. The whole day worried, the effect of natural treatment is not good. Finally, I was discharged from the hospital and went home with the frustration of “no longer possible to be cured”. In addition to trusting the hospital and doctors, you should follow their instructions and do physical therapy when you need to do physical therapy. Even the sleep prompt at night is necessary to follow and move your mind step by step until you fall asleep peacefully. Since the sleep cues started at 9:30 p.m., which did not match my sleeping habits, I thought I would not go to bed until 11:00 p.m., and when I fell asleep, it would be almost 12:00 p.m. How could I fall asleep so early, so I ignored it and played with my phone. Later the doctor asked if I had listened to the sleep cues and followed them, and I honestly said no. He said it was important to do so. He said it was important to do it, not only for falling asleep, but also for waking up in the middle of the night with the prompt in mind, and it would be effective. I followed the doctor’s instructions and did it the next day, and I fell asleep before the cue was finished. Now when I go home before bed or wake up in the middle of the night will also be that idea, it really helps. Mind three: avoid negative energy, consciously adjust the mindset of our disease is because they usually do not pay attention to adjust their mindset, in the pressure below the worry caused by too much, understand this truth should always pay attention to adjust their mindset, adjust their emotions. First of all, we should avoid the influence of negative emotions. The same type of disease, but the individual differences are great, the manifestation of the disease is also different, the time and effect of treatment is also different. When patients get together, there will inevitably be complaints, doubts, etc. At such times you either go away and do not listen, or advise them to be firm in their beliefs, do not follow the clouds and follow into doubt and frustration. The second is to consciously regulate their emotions. A characteristic of depression is the loss of emotional control, depressed mood conditions often occur. A patient surnamed Li’s method is very desirable, whenever she appears low mood uncomfortable, she will call out to her friends: come quickly, I am in a bad mood! Everyone rushed over, either jokingly chatting with her, or singing to her, her mood quickly adjusted. Of course, relying on friends can not always have that condition, more often than not, you still have to rely on yourself. For example, my hospital dependency, I didn’t expect it at first, but right after I decided to leave the hospital, my heart started to have problems, I felt like my heart was being lifted up by a rope and couldn’t fall down, I was panicking and even afraid. I went to Dr. Yu, who was in charge of me, to tell her about my condition, and to my surprise, she smiled and said, “More or less all of our patients who are discharged here have this kind of reaction. Ah! I understood at once that it was the phobia of discharge that was playing a role. Yes, in the hospital there are doctors and nurses care, there is a quiet environment to read books and drink tea (I like pu-erh tea), hungry to the canteen to get food, sleepy head will fall asleep, peace of mind, do not have to think much about anything. But back home again how there will be some hold tabs, less a lot of security. But the hospital can not be a long-term stay, you must adjust yourself! On the way home, I thought, “You yourself also advised others to relax, so that every nerve in the brain is relaxed, how they will not relax, so tense why? Besides, after returning home is not to eat those drugs, what’s the difference? After thinking about this, the tightness of the brain and the feeling of the heart lifting were immediately reduced and the uncomfortable energy disappeared. This is how dependency is cured. The last thing is to be open-minded about everything and not to dwell on it. Some patients are obviously suffering from “bill blues”, and when they see their bills, they will chant: “Oh, another few hundred dollars, it will accumulate to thousands! With that, they are worried and fall into anxiety. In fact, there is absolutely no need. Do not say that health insurance can reimburse part of, even if all out-of-pocket is not to treat, no health, what is the use of more money? Since the purpose of the hospital is to cure the disease, the more you think about it, the more it is not good for treatment, but will spend more money, why bother! Thinking about it also includes thinking about insomnia. The physical response to depression varies, but insomnia is a symptom that most people have. Some people get anxious when they have insomnia, what if I don’t sleep well tonight and have dark circles under my eyes tomorrow? What about poor mental health? The more anxious you are, the more you can’t sleep. I used to be like this, once you wake up at night is very awake, can not sleep for a long time, worried about tomorrow can not do the job, only to eat sleeping pills, sometimes just eat a sleep, the effect of the drug is not so fast, clearly a psychological effect, but do not eat is unable to sleep, so eat a continuous 14 years of sleeping pills. Now when you can’t sleep, you don’t care about it, you can sleep more or take a nap to make up for it, even if you can’t make up for it during the day, you can sleep the next day or the third day, don’t be afraid, don’t panic, it’s okay. I took half a sleeping pill the first day after I was discharged from the hospital, and then I dropped it. Of course, this is related to my retirement, but I also slowly learned to de-stress myself when I was still at work: just do your best at work, there is no need to pursue perfection, just get by. That way, I had a lot more peace of mind, and lost my sleeping pills for more than a year, until I had to take them again this year. I am happy that my illness that has been tormenting me for more than ten years has finally been cured, and so is my family, because my illness is not only tormenting me but also my family. My husband tells everyone how important it is to find the right hospital and department, not only to get quick results, but also to know how to treat it even if it comes back in the future. Many of my friends with similar symptoms have been inspired to face the reality and bravely go into the hospital for treatment.