Depression is a psychological disorder with a very high incidence rate today. Globally, depression has become the second most prevalent illness after cardiovascular disease, with up to one million people committing suicide each year due to depression. #Summer Health Guide#
Related experts have conducted a study and found that China has the highest number of depression cases, with about one in every ten people affected. Among 100 depressed individuals, 50 have experienced thoughts of suicide and self-harm.
Depression is characterized by persistent low mood. As the condition progresses, some patients may experience delusions and hallucinations. In severe cases, they may show signs of a wooden expression, fixed facial features, insensitivity to external stimuli, and minimal speech. In critical conditions, suicidal and self-harming behaviors may occur.
There have been several cases of suicide due to depression both domestically and internationally:
On September 16, 2016, the news of famous actor Qiao Renliang’s suicide due to depression shocked the entire entertainment industry. Unexpectedly, the charming and cheerful young man could also succumb to depression.
On December 18, 2017, Kim Jong-hyun, a member of the South Korean boy band under SM Entertainment, was reported to have committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning at home, all due to depression.
On July 31, 2002, Chen Baolian, who battled depression for many years, ultimately committed suicide due to a mental breakdown at the age of 29.
On April 1, 2003, on April Fool’s Day, the beloved “Brother” Leslie Cheung left this world by jumping from a hotel rooftop due to uncontrolled depression, at the age of 46.
Each of these cases warns the world of the terrifying nature of depression.
How does depression destroy a person?
In the early stages of depression, the main clinical feature is persistent low mood. Patients exhibit negative emotions without motivation for anything, feeling utterly sorrowful, inferior, and in pain, displaying obvious misanthropy and pessimism, feeling that each day is an endless torment.
As the condition worsens, depression patients may develop tendencies to escape from life, ultimately leading to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. They often feel shortness of breath, as if every moment they are alive is a waste of air and resources, wanting to give up.
Lying in bed every day, doing nothing, experiencing frequent auditory hallucinations, vivid delusions, severe paranoia, and multiple symptoms of schizophrenia can gradually lead to collapse, with emotions being slowly destroyed.
Each episode of depression lasts at least two weeks, sometimes a year, or even several years, showing a tendency for recurrence and possessing certain hereditary factors.
Due to a lack of understanding of the illness, the public is unable to seek timely and systematic treatment, resulting in low cure rates and high relapse rates in clinical practice.
Accumulated over time, the emotion of depression can completely destroy a person, leading them to end their life!
The five phrases frequently said by someone with “depression”: If you haven’t said them, it means your mental health is very good.
Phrase 1: “I really feel useless.”
Patients with depression gradually lose their confidence under severe depressive feelings, thinking that they are incapable of anything, that nothing they do will succeed, and that simply living is a mistake with no usefulness whatsoever.
The inner emotions of depression patients can be intensified due to life…
