What are the possible harms of suffering from depression?
Long-term depression can lead to negative, pessimistic, and self-blaming thoughts in patients. Patients often feel themselves in a state of melancholy, with a bleak outlook on the future, and may even be in a pessimistic state. Patients with depression often see themselves as worthless, feeling like they have achieved nothing. They tend to exaggerate their minor flaws endlessly, leading to a low mood. When patients are unable to shake off this mood for a long time, extreme behaviors may occur.
When patients remain in a state of melancholy for a long time, the overall mood and cognitive efficiency of the patient will significantly decrease. This obvious symptom is mainly evident in adolescents and white-collar workers, who often engage in intense cognitive work, making the symptoms more pronounced. Patients often feel tired, as if they haven’t done anything, and experience unexplained physical and mental exhaustion.
In general, depression patients tend to have sleep disorders. However, the specific sleep disorder problems in patients are mostly similar; some mainly exhibit light sleep with many dreams, some are troubled by nightmares, and others mainly experience intermittent insomnia, unable to wake up during the day and unable to sleep at night.
When depression patients are in a prolonged state of low mood, they may become narrow-minded, often blowing small matters out of proportion and unable to let go of trivial issues. Some patients may feel that their loved ones are incapable, leading to a crisis of trust. When this situation escalates, patients may feel overwhelmed and resort to extreme behaviors.
