Recently, China's mental health survey showed that the lifelong prevalence of depression disorder in adults in my country is 6.8%, of which Depression is 3.4%;
Currently, the number of people suffering from depression in my country is 95 million, and about 280,000 people commit suicide every year, and 40% of them suffer from depression.
After the COVID-19 pandemic, the global burden of mental disorders has become heavier, with the number of cases of major depression and anxiety increasing by 28% and 26% respectively. Depressed patients surged by 53 million, an increase of up to 27.6%.
Depression is no longer a problem for a certain person or a certain age group, but a public health issue that we all need to face, because it is very likely that TA is our colleagues, friends, family, or even ourselves.
Generally speaking, we all feel that depression is far away from ourselves. Just live a good life. Just be more open-minded when encountering things. How can we feel depressed?
Even if there are too many helplessness in real life, most people think that they have the power to survive tenaciously, their desire for life, and their attachment to the ones they love. All of these can make them grit their teeth and persevere.
Until one day we really couldn't hold on anymore, didn't realize that depression is not far away from us.
Truth 1: We always thought that depression is sadness. In fact, depression makes you lose the vitality of life.
0-year-old Zhang Juan has always been a very tough person. She has been very independent since childhood. She has encountered many difficulties in getting married in school, but she gritted her teeth and survived.
She never thought that the word "suicide" would be associated with herself.
Until that year -
- High-intensity work made her seriously overdraw her physical strength and fainted three times a week;
- When she decided to ask for a month of sick leave for herself to have a good rest, her mother was diagnosed with cancer, and she began to take care of her mother without leaving her step.
- My mother has not yet recovered, and her body can't bear it anymore and is forced to be hospitalized for surgery.
That summer, she spent all the summer in the hospital. When she experienced difficult treatment in the hospital, she did not let herself stop and took the exam for a psychological counselor.
Later, my mother's cancer became more and more stable, and her body recovered day by day after surgery. Her work could run normally, and everything finally began to go smoothly...
Her condition is getting worse and worse.
She doesn't want to move, doesn't want to talk, and doesn't feel too hungry. She just wants to sleep every day, and it feels like she hasn't slept for a thousand years.
One day, she sat alone on the sofa, watching the sun climb up from the east little by little, and slowly moving towards the west little by little.
The whole world seemed to have solidified, and a thought suddenly flashed from her mind: If you break through the glass and jump from the 11th floor from this sunshine, you will definitely feel very good!
A moment later, she was frightened by her thoughts!
She knew she might be depressed.
It turns out that when depression comes, you will not be favored because you have the "success" in the world.
Truth 2: In fact, everyone will have moments of depression at different stages of their lives.
Depression is a manifestation of depression, and depression is a normal state in life. The key is how we deal with it.
After depression, we will have extremely negative perceptions of ourselves. The core idea and belief is: we are incompetent, unlovable, and not worthy of being loved. We feel very helpless and frustrated, and feel that we do not have the ability to change reality, and stop in a state of powerlessness and helplessness.
Depressed people not only have such automated ideas about themselves, but are also negative about others and the future. They will think that everyone around them is very cold, no one cares about me, no one loves me, there is no hope for the future, and the future will not be better.
If you feel depressed, don’t blame yourself, and don’t think that the world is dark, people’s hearts are unpredictable and unpredictable.
Truth 3: Generally speaking, depression is the result of living and working for a long time without following one's inner wishes.
Doing things that come from the heart is the core of eradicating depression.
We can explore inward, what have you lost, listen quietly to the inner calls and needs, and you will see the direction of the future in tranquility.
In fact, being unable to follow the inner wishes is caused by fear. Most fears are inner projections caused by past experiences.
Behind every depression and anxiety, there are shadows or traces of trauma you remember or don’t remember.
Depression or anxiety will not be completely resolved through confrontation, suppression, and evasion. needs to face, explore, let go of pain, and re-establish a pattern of getting along with the world, others and yourself.
Depressed allies are loneliness, and the natural enemies of depression are linked with people.
Truth 4: In the treatment process of depression patients, the most difficult thing to overcome is the "acceptance" level.
Accepting imperfect self and accepting imperfect facts is not as easy as imagined.
Dr. Hailan had a long period of love breakup during his college years, and it took him 5 years to get out of the haze of depression.
Many people have asked Dr. Hailan, why did you go from depression to having your growth and status today?
Her answer is: Because slowly, when I encounter problems, I no longer think about why I can't do it or can't. When I start to think about why I can and can, my life becomes more and more powerful, more and more full of happiness and freedom.
Dear, no matter how bad your feelings are at this time, we must believe that everyone’s true self is full of wisdom, strength and love;
All the troubles are temporary, to give our lives more colors, give us the opportunity to explore, understand, and experience the various aspects of life, so that we can know ourselves and the enemy, and understand each other.
Depression and anxiety are just emotional states, not the whole of a person, but only a part of a person in a specific environment, the part that needs to be understood, understood, resolved, and transformed.
So, don't let depression, anxiety, guilt, self-blame, and anger define who you are.
Please remember: you were originally beautiful, what you need is to discover your own beauty.
Depression is a journey of life and a darkness before dawn.
Everything can be changed, it will take you to the true return of life, understand yourself, discover yourself, and bloom yourself.
