Xuzhou Mental Health Service Station: Depression can manifest as a single or repeated depressive episode. The following are the main symptoms of a depressive episode. 1. Feeling depressed is mainly characterized by significant and persistent depression, frustration and pessimism.

Xuzhou Mental Health Service Station: Depression can manifest as a single or repeated depressive episode. The following are the main manifestations of 's depressive episode .

1. Feeling depressed

is mainly characterized by significant and persistent depression, frustration and pessimism. Some people are unhappy, unhappy, and have decreased interest, and some people are miserable, pessimistic, desperate, and miserable. The patient's typical depressive mood has a rhythm of heavy morning and light night. On the basis of low mood, patients will have a lower self-evaluation, feeling useless, hopeless, helpless, and worthless, often accompanied by self-blame. In severe cases, delusions of guilt may occur, and some patients may even experience hallucinations.

2. Think slowly

Patients have slow thinking and association speed, slow reaction, and blocked thinking. They feel that "their brain is like a rusty machine" and "their brain is like a layer of paste." Clinically, it can be seen that active speech is reduced, the speech speed is significantly slower, the voice is deep, and it is difficult to answer. Seriously, poor communication.

3. Reduced volitional activity. The volitional activities of patients with

are significantly and continuously suppressed. The clinical manifestations are slow, and life is passive and lazy. I don’t want to do anything and don’t want to be in contact with the people around me. People often sit or lie in bed all day long, live alone behind closed doors, alienate relatives and friends, and avoid social interactions. In serious cases, even physiological needs such as eating, drinking, and personal hygiene may be affected. Being ignored, unkempt, and even developing into silence, immobility, and not eating is the so-called "depressive stupor." However, upon careful psychiatric examination, the patient continued to appear painfully depressed. People with anxiety disorders may experience symptoms such as restlessness, grabbing with their fingers, rubbing their hands and feet, or pacing back and forth. Severe patients are often accompanied by negative suicidal thoughts or behaviors. Negative thoughts, self-blame and guilt, and lack of self-confidence can all lead to despair. They believe that "ending one's life is a relief" and "living in the world is unnecessary" can lead to suicide attempts. This is the most dangerous symptom of depression, so be wary of it.

4.cognitive impairment.

Research shows that depressed patients have cognitive impairment. The main manifestations are recent memory decline, attention disorders, prolonged reaction time, increased alertness, poor abstract thinking ability, learning difficulties, poor language fluency, spatial perception, hand-eye coordination and decreased thinking flexibility. Cognitive impairment leads to patients' social dysfunction and affects their long-term prognosis.

5. Physical symptoms

mainly include sleep disorders , fatigue, anorexia, weight loss, constipation, pain in any part of the body, loss of sexual desire, impotence , amenorrhea, etc. Complaints of physical discomfort may involve various organs, such as nausea, vomiting, heart palpitations , chest tightness, sweating, etc. Symptoms of dysautonomia are also common. Complaints of prodromal illness often worsen. Sleep disorders manifest as waking up early, usually 2 to 3 hours earlier than usual, and being unable to fall asleep again after waking up, which is a characteristic of depression. Some patients have difficulty falling asleep and lack of deep sleep; a few patients suffer from excessive sleep. Weight loss is not necessarily directly proportional to decreased appetite, and a small number of patients may experience increased appetite and weight gain.