Depression is a very common psychological disorder, characterized by persistent low mood as the main feature, some patients may also exhibit suicidal and self-harming behaviors, due to insufficient public awareness of the disease, the lack of timely systemic treatment leads to a low cure rate and high recurrence rate. #LoveCare#
With the improvement of living standards, the national mental stress has become increasingly greater, being in a state of extreme irritability, depression, or low mood for a long time, if not adjusted in time, it will increase the body’s burden, also make personal spirit depressed, facial expression fixed, insensitive to external stimuli, speak less, act less, move less.
The peak age for depression is mostly between 20 and 30 years old, with a higher incidence rate in females than males, the 2019 China Mental Health Survey report shows: the lifetime prevalence of depression patients is about 6.8%, depression is a recurring mental disorder, and has become the second largest disease burden source after cardiovascular disease.
(1) In 2002, the famous Hong Kong female star Maggie Cheung committed suicide by jumping off the building due to depression, unfortunately, she was not even 30 years old at that time, it was said that after getting married and giving birth, Maggie Cheung developed postpartum depression, which raised more public awareness of depression as a disease.
(2) One day in 1992, Hong Kong singer Danny Chan was sent to the hospital for taking a large amount of medication, it was said that Danny Chan also had suicidal tendencies due to unbearable torment from depression. After a long period of separation, ultimately, Danny Chan’s death due to business failure made many fans feel endless regret.
(3) On April 1, 2003, April Fool’s Day, Leslie Cheung chose to commit suicide by jumping off the building, many people received the news of Leslie Cheung’s suicide, still thought it was a joke for April Fool’s, if only it were a joke, it would have been so much better, Leslie Cheung eventually jumped off the building due to unbearable depression and died.
(4) On December 24, 2016, a major news shocked all fans of Ben Xi nationwide, the 22-year-old young girl Ben Xi actually committed suicide by jumping off the building, at first, many fans did not believe this news was true, but later, with the official announcement from the studio, everyone finally realized that Ben Xi had indeed passed away, the reason was also depression.
The first sentence: “I feel so annoyed.”
Patients with mild depression often say “I feel so annoyed,” the biggest manifestation of depression patients is extreme depression and low mood, they do not want to communicate with people, do not want to go out, just want to isolate themselves in a small corner, whenever someone teaches a depressed patient to do something or ask them to complete a task, the depressed patient will show extreme irritability and restlessness.
Depression patients complain continuously for 14 hours a day, if your friends or relatives around you often say “I feel so annoyed,” please give them more care and understanding, do not blame excessively.
The second sentence: “Am I sick?”
Because the emotions of depression patients are in a state of extreme depression and low mood for a long time, the body will also show different degrees of functional impairment, depression patients will feel physically and mentally exhausted, helpless, the continuously depressed mood will gradually consume their rationality, because the patients cannot eat well or sleep well, always feel physically tired, but do not know where the problem lies.
Due to the inability to find the cause for a long time, depression patients will take a large amount of painkillers, but the medicine is also poisonous, blindly taking medicine without identifying the cause will only increase the burden on the body, and eventually cause liver and kidney failure due to long-term incorrect medication, endangering life.
The third sentence: “Everything is my fault, I am really useless.”
The biggest difference between depression patients and ordinary people is that when ordinary people make mistakes, they will try their best to shift the blame and attribute all the blame to others, while depression patients will put all the mistakes on themselves, they will attribute mistakes that are not their own to themselves, increasing stress.
Depression patients feel that all the mistakes around them are caused by themselves, they feel that they are so useless, that’s why such big mistakes occur, once people around acknowledge this error mentality of depression patients, it will deepen their depressed mood, further affecting normal life, worsening the development of the disease, and even having suicidal thoughts.
The fourth sentence: “Living is too tiring.”
As depression patients’ mood deteriorates continuously, they will gradually lose hope and confidence in life, they will feel life is very tiring, once there is something in life that does not achieve the expected effect in the patients’ hearts, they will feel they have accomplished nothing, can’t do anything well, gradually fall into a state of self-blame, feel life is too tiring, living will only waste air.
The fifth sentence: “If I die, you all can be relieved.”
Depression patients feel that they will only bring trouble to those around them, they are a useless burden, if they die, everyone around can be relieved.
Once depression patients have such thoughts, if family members cannot actively regulate and guide them, their depressive mood will intensify, eventually leading to irreparable consequences.
The sixth sentence: “Living is meaningless, might as well die.”
The most serious consequence of depression is suicide and self-harm, because these patients will not harm others but will derive great satisfaction and pleasure from harming themselves.
As depression patients gradually lose hope and confidence in life, if people around do not make adjustments and do not seek help from a psychologist in the shortest time possible, it will lead depression patients to fall into a desperate situation, lose all hope for life, feel life is meaningless, might as well die.
Once depression patients have suicidal thoughts, it means the condition is very serious, must actively seek help from a psychologist, do not let depression patients sink deeper.
1. Build a relationship of mutual trust with depression patients, encourage them to express their true thoughts, and engage in active psychological treatment.
2. Encourage depression patients to participate in group activities more, take them out to see this beautiful world, let them feel the warmth of this world, gain confidence and a sense of belonging.
3. Do not excessively blame depression patients in life, be sure to encourage them more.
4. Severely depressed patients must take medication on time and actively cooperate with the guidance of the psychologist.
5. Take depression patients to do things they are interested in, maintain a pleasant mood, encourage depression patients to actively talk about their inner troubles.
