When you have depression, this is probably the experience.
Being depressed all day long, not having anything bad to do, but just not being happy.
Feeling that nothing you do makes sense, that everything you see is black and white, that everything you eat tastes the same.
Feeling useless and worrying that others will be disappointed in you.
Always afraid that they will burden others, and when the mood is severe, they even want to give up their lives ……
Patients with depression often have the above-mentioned manifestations, summarized as low mood, lack of pleasure, slow thinking, negative decadence, etc. Some patients may also have a series of abnormal physical manifestations, such as fatigue, sleep abnormalities, eating difficulties, hallucinations, etc., which can affect normal life.
1, depressed state of mind: patients often feel “bad mood, can not be happy”, all day long, sad face, worried, can appear typical depression face, manifested as frowning, long panting. In severe cases, there is even pain, pessimism and despair, with the feeling that life is like a year and life is worse than death, often feeling that “it is meaningless to live” and “it is very difficult to feel”.
2.Lack of pleasure: loss of interest or decline in interest in various activities or things that you used to like, you can’t get excited about doing anything, even if you can barely do it, you can’t experience the pleasant feeling you used to have, even if you do things you used to like, you can’t experience the pleasure.
3, slow thinking: self-perception of slow brain response, often feel “brain like rust” or “like a layer of glue”. And become indecisive, indecisive, it is difficult to make decisions on small daily matters, but also unable to complete normal work and study.
4.Negativity and decrepitude: no work they can do, no hope for their own future and future, just want to hide in a place where no one is, and do not want to do anything.
5.Self-blame and self-criminalization: there are often psychological feelings such as “I’m useless” and “I’m sorry, it’s my fault”, and the smallest mistake will be infinitely magnified and blamed for it for a long time, sometimes even think they should be punished. See themselves as a huge burden on their families and society, and think that “only death can make up for their mistakes”.
6, fatigue and weakness: lying in bed all day, then get up and still feel tired, without doing anything will appear “so tired ah” “exhausted” and other feelings, and can not concentrate for a long time, a little exercise will be out of breath.
7, abnormal sleep: such as difficulty falling asleep, easy to wake up, dreamy, nightmares, early awakening, and usually can not fall asleep again after waking up, followed by headaches, migraines, dizziness and other symptoms.
8. difficulty in eating: not wanting to eat, feelings such as epigastric discomfort, bloating and nausea after a few bites of food.
9, hallucinations: such as hallucinations of hearing or vision, hearing the sound of insects outside the window when it is actually their own tinnitus, seeing the person they love or fear the most standing in front of them, but there is actually nothing there.
For people with depression, they have a lot of things that ordinary people do not understand. You are anxious to help them, but concern or blame will keep them silent; those “cheer up”, “everything will be fine” words, all seem to pale in comparison. They seem to be trapped by something, conscious, but can not break free.
That’s because they are sick!
Usually, with aggressive antidepressant treatment, most patients’ symptoms can be relieved or significantly reduced, but they need to be actively checked, prescribed and monitored in the hospital. Most depressed patients will relapse two years after the onset of the disease, and usually require long-term maintenance treatment after remission, and must not reduce or stop the medication at their own discretion to reduce the relapse rate.