On Tuesday, January 27, Dayu Health launched the “Year-End Depression Self-Test”, in which 7,000 netizens participated on the first day of the self-test, saying that they often struggled with depression due to the stressful life, fierce competition in the workplace, unsatisfactory relationships and other unhappy events. Netizens who participated in the self-test came to Dayu Medical Guide to seek help from the consultant of the self-test – Luo Qinghua, Deputy Secretary General of Chongqing Mental Health Association and visiting scholar of Harvard Medical School, the psychology department of the First Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.
Ms. Yang (pseudonym), 30 years old, is at the stage of life where she is commonly referred to as “having an old man and a young woman”. She revealed that her husband is unmotivated and has separated, her mother is suffering from cancer, and her children are still young and have no energy to teach…all these have made her physically and mentally exhausted, and she cannot see the future, so she fell into the river of depression.
Netizen Dayu medical guide self-exposed.
Husband lost the family fortune in stock trading, mother has cancer, depressed and wants to die
Ms. Yang is engaged in personnel management work, monthly salary of 5,000 yuan, career is quite smooth, but in recent years the family changes have made her gradually lost confidence in life, and even suffered from depression, once wanted to die.
”I have been very down-to-earth efforts, but why find a husband who is not progressive, so I a worry.” Ms. Yang said her husband has not been serious about his work, here to do a period of time, where to jump for a period of time, there was a 1 full year is not working. What’s worse, 5 years ago he got hooked on stock speculation again.
”He does not know anything about stocks and finance, nor does he have any access to insider channels, just a fluke mentality of making a lot of money, I could not persuade him, every time he lost, more than 5 years down the family savings were lost by him.” For the sake of the children, Ms. Yang insisted on separating from her husband, and took the children to live with her parents, who wanted to, but the misfortune did not go unpunished, and her mother changed to cancer.
”In the year of separation from her husband, her mother was found to have colon cancer, and in order to treat her, I had to sell my old house without savings.
Ms. Yang said that the misfortune of her marriage, coupled with the huge financial burden and the future education and living expenses of her children made her lose confidence in life, and she was very depressed all day long. “I can’t see the future because I don’t have the understanding and support of my family. If it weren’t for the fear of my son and parents being sad, I would rather die or wander alone. Now I just want to divorce my husband, but the negotiations are not successful! What should I do?”
Expert opinion.
Family relationships and low mood are the main problems
In response to the netizen’s question, Luo Qinghua of the psychology department of the First Hospital of Chongqing Medical University believes that Ms. Yang’s main problem lies in the handling of family relationships and the regulation of her own emotions. “Through Ms. Yang’s description, she already has obvious symptoms of depression, and her main problem lies in the handling of family relationships and the regulation of her own emotions. It is recommended that family relationships can be treated by communicating with family members or by family therapy under the counseling of mental health professionals; emotional problems can be addressed to psychologists, and it is more important to actively seek medical treatment and face life bravely than to divorce, wander, or even die.”
Da Yu medical guide 6 ask psychologists depression thing
Since the launch of the “year-end depression self-assessment”, the netizens consulting on depression on the Dayu Medical Guide instantly exploded. So, how much do you know about depression? Can depression be cured? Here is a detailed answer from Dr. Luo Qing Hua, an authoritative psychologist, on 6 depression issues that are of special concern to netizens.
A1.What is depression?
Q: Medically, depression is an episode form of mental illness called mood disorder, with low emotion, loss of interest and pleasure, low energy or fatigue as typical symptoms, but more patients show insomnia, various somatic discomfort (such as dizziness, headache, panic, stomach discomfort, etc.).
A2.How can I tell if a person is suffering from depression?
Q: The typical symptoms of depression are low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, loss of energy, etc. Additional symptoms include insomnia, low self-esteem, loss of appetite, mental breakdown and even suicidal tendencies. Not everyone who has occasionally experienced these symptoms once or twice has depression. Clinically, the main factor in determining whether a person is suffering from depression is the duration of these symptoms and the impact on his or her working life, and if this impact lasts for more than a week, the person is considered to be suffering from depression.
A3.Who are more likely to suffer from depression?
Q: In general, these 6 types of people are more likely to get depression.
The first category, women.
The prevalence of depression in women is about twice that of men, which may be related to sex hormones, psychosocial stress in men and women, and different behavioral patterns of coping with stress. For example, some women experience dramatic changes in their hormone levels after giving birth, which may lead to postpartum depression.
The second category, lonely people.
People are social animals, emotional animals, and cannot survive and develop without others and society. Those with narrow social circles, few friends, divorced, or chronically single are at higher risk of depression.
The third category, there are obvious anxiety-prone, impulsive personality characteristics of people.
Characteristic easy anxiety, impulsive are easy to let themselves confined to a small range, love to take the bull by the horns, let themselves live a very tired, over time, disappointment, low self-esteem, depression will follow.
The fourth category, people who have suffered major setbacks.
Some people originally had a cheerful personality, but due to the sudden experience of a major setback, from then on the temperament has changed greatly. For example: widowed, divorced, marital discord, unemployment, serious physical illness, etc., these are the culprits of their depression.
The fifth category, low social class people.
People in the bottom of the social class can not live a subsistence life, the pursuit of the ideal is always frustrated is easy to hit self-confidence, over time will lose confidence in life, suffering from depression.
The sixth category, family inheritance.
Medical research proves that depression has certain family genetic factors, and people who have suffered from depression in the family have a much higher chance of getting the disease.
A4. Can depression be cured?
Q: The treatment of depression mainly includes medication, psychotherapy and physical therapy. Depression is a treatable disease, and clinical evidence shows that about 70-80% of patients respond to medication, but as the degree of depression increases, the difficulty of treatment increases as well.
A5.How to vent bad mood?
Q: More often than not, people are depressed because they are depressed, and they are depressed because we love to take the bull by the horns and take ourselves and our thoughts too seriously, and when things don’t go the way we want, of course, we will be very lost and depressed. So people should learn to vent their bad feelings.
Active confessions, diverting attention, developing an open and cheerful personality, etc., are good ways to relieve bad moods. A person with a good character rarely depressed, because he has his own set of ways to release stress, detoxification of bad emotions, and will not take the bull by the horns, so it is also extremely important to cultivate the body from childhood.
A6.It is rumored that eating sweets can make the mood happy, is it true?
Q: Rumors that sweets such as chocolate and certain other foods can improve mood, but the lack of scientific basis, the mechanism of improving mood may be the rise in blood sugar levels, and the composition of the food itself is not closely related. In contrast, there is more scientific evidence that foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as salmon, swordfish and tuna have a more definite effect.
Finally, experts warn that once you find yourself with the tendency to depression must seek medical attention as soon as possible, if you avoid the disease, it may cause incalculable consequences, a tragedy of a depressed patient will be followed by the tragedy of two families.