It's not scary to have depression, and I believe it can be cured! Then you are far away from the black dog's bite

Is depression really that scary? My answer is - not really.

We often compare depression to a black dog that follows us around. The reason for comparing depression to a black dog is because of Churchill's famous quote, "Depression in my mind is like a black dog that bites me at every opportunity." You wouldn't have thought that the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom also suffered from depression, would you?

The reason why people are afraid of depression is because they do not know and understand the principle of its development (in fact, the principle of the development of depression has life blows, the influence of the family of origin, overthinking, anxiety, the pursuit of perfection, etc., which in turn leads to an imbalance in the brain secretion of neurotransmitters, such as the lack of the cerebral cortex of 5-hydroxytryptophan, which is also known as serotonin, which is a messenger capable of generating a pleasant mood (which affects almost every aspect of brain activity: from regulating mood, energy, memory to shaping outlook on life, etc.).

Why people suffering from moderate and severe depression need to take antidepressants such as: sertraline, venlafaxine, etc. is that they work by increasing 5-hydroxytryptamine levels in the brain. People with lower levels of 5-hydroxytryptophan are more prone to depression, impulsive behavior, alcoholism, suicide, aggression and violent behavior. Scientists have even made experimental animals more aggressive by altering their brain levels of 5-hydroxytryptophan.

So once a person suffering from depression, because the brain's 5-hydroxytryptophan can not be produced normally, the person is in a state of fear, worry, anxiety, insomnia, coupled with depression will have a strong sense of shame (the so-called sense of shame is to be afraid of people to know), because, people with depression will usually be linked to depression and neurosis, but I would like to say is: depression and neurosis are two concepts, neurosis is really crazy, schizophrenic, while depression is just you are depressed, feeling worthless, negative, pessimistic, want to cry, vulnerable, afraid of stress, want to die, insomnia, is and so on.

Depression will also involve a lot of physical symptoms, such as: "breathing difficulties, headache, dizziness, back pain, vomiting, gastrointestinal disorders, cervical spine pain, etc., and some people have measles on the face", in short, the nerve brought about by depression involves a very large number of physical symptoms, which vary from person to person, and should not be blindly carried out by the patient and patient Comparison, there is no comparison, because each person's physique and the degree of depression, the length of time is not the same, then the reflected thoughts and emotions and physical symptoms are not the same.

For depression, if you are the first time to suffer from this chronic mental illness, the vast majority of people, they will not initially "depression" this three words associated with their own body, but their feelings are very painful every day, in the eyes of outsiders, the appearance of depressed patients with normal people, in fact, their hearts have long been turned upside down, Low mood has also long been flooded into the disaster, they do this time have no interest in doing anything, the mood also continues to be low, insomnia also began to be staged from time to time, when these symptoms come, they thought it was only temporary, but the time has passed for several months, their own situation has not been half a bit better, but more and more serious.

During this period perhaps they will go to see a Chinese medicine practitioner, see a neurologist or have their body checked all over, and finally find that there is not much organic lesion in their body, and after a lot of tossing and turning, they finally go to a psychiatric specialist on the advice of their doctor, and a bunch of scales and diagnosed by the doctor's questioning as well as an electroencephalogram, before they realize that they are suffering from depression.

Depression is divided into light and severe, light can not need to take medication, rely on their own willpower and thought adjustment, or to seek psychological counselor, the vast majority of light patients can quickly come out, but for the medium, severe, want to rely on their own willpower to adjust and confrontation, is not the average person can resist, and therefore, suffering from moderate, severe depression patients, must be in the doctor's advice Systematic medication, antidepressants eat less than half a year, more than one year to eat, of course, this is for the first offender and the theory of patients, because depression, even if it is cured, the possibility of recurrence is also very large, so the first offender to take medication to eat for so long, that is, to completely cure it, adequate amount of full course of medication is indispensable.

If not, want to get well will have to take longer, back and forth will be the depression patients tossed a half dead! Therefore, once the diagnosis of depression, we have to accept the reality, accept the fact that the medication to serve so long, do not resist taking medication, do not think about the side effects of the drug, compared to the pain brought about by depression, taking medication is nothing.

Depression, really is a very common mental illness, anyone can get it, so for us who suffer from depression, accepting it is the first step to the beginning of the cure, and then live with it, no matter how painful and difficult the period, you have to firmly believe that depression can be cured, it can be cured by medication, and it is by no means a terminal illness, so please do not give up on your life so easily!

Therefore, please put down the burden of thought, good treatment, coupled with daily exercise on the sweat (advocate exercise because exercise can not only enhance physical fitness, but also because exercise sweating can make the brain to produce dopamine secretion, dopamine is a kind of brain happy happy elements, and depression is precisely the lack of this dopamine secretion and production), do some of their own interest in things, you will find that, as time passes, your condition is also slowly getting better and better, don't be afraid. You will find that with the passage of time, your condition is also slowly getting better, do not be afraid to get depressed in the whole of China at least tens of millions of people, if the world to see words, depression patients amounted to 350 million people, you're just one of them, you see the CCTV hosts Cui Yongyuan, Zhou Yunfa did not also have it? You see Big S also had epilepsy?

Therefore, do not panic, do not be afraid, bravely accept it, good treatment, and gradually build up their confidence, then you are closer and closer to the hope of healing, and believe in the power of time, get through it is ultimately great, and ultimately enough to add a valuable asset to your life. At that time your personality realm, will be more and more powerful! You will be thankful that you were once sick and did not take life lightly! --These are the words from my heart, Chewie. A patient who once suffered from major depression, just like you.

-END- Author: Ah Qiu (original work, reproduced, please contact Mr. Ah Qiu), a second-level psychological counselor, but also a patient with major depression and anxiety, during the period of insomnia for four months time, the last (at the end of January 2018) before the Dongguan Municipal Psychiatric Hospital was diagnosed as: major depression accompanied by major anxiety disorder, taking medication for more than three months, in the process of taking medication, running five kilometers or more every day of the amount of exercise, the miracle in the April 27, 2018 suddenly get better, has been until now has recovered nine percent, now can write four or five articles a day, but also work eight hours, but also run five kilometers a day, I believe I can cure, I can drive run black dog, I believe that you can also do!

It's just that the length of time for each person to be cured is not the same, the current me is still taking medication, because it needs to be consolidated for half a year, for taking medication, I look at it very openly, even if I eat for a lifetime so what, because depression is really too painful ......