What are the symptoms of depression? Do you suffer from insomnia?

Most patients suffering from depression are young people. Depression is caused by pressure from work and life. Many people often swallow their anger and lack confidence in life, which are mild symptoms of depression. At this time, you need to pay attention, otherwise the symptoms will only become more serious. Below I will share some common symptoms of depression.

1. "Suffering inside, happiness outside." This type of patient has no abnormalities in appearance, speech, and communication, giving people the illusion of being happy and optimistic; but if a thorough psychiatric examination and psychological assessment is conducted, it will be found that the patient is internally distressed, pessimistic, overthinking, self-abased, and negative, and has an intractable decline in energy, physical strength, and mental power, as well as severe and stubborn insomnia, and multiple physical discomforts. This type of patient often has unexplained physical discomfort that cannot be eliminated by taking Chinese or Western medicine, taking a vacation, entertaining themselves, drinking, etc.

2. Decline in social functions. Students in primary, secondary and university schools may experience various symptoms of learning disabilities, with learning difficulties as the main symptom. My grades suddenly dropped, I stopped listening and couldn’t pass exams, and my elders mistakenly thought I had ideological problems. Factory directors, managers, and white-collar workers will suddenly fall into a state of helplessness and passivity, and will be unable to perform jobs that they were once very skilled at.

3. Stubborn and persistent sleep disorders with insomnia as the core cannot be relieved without antidepressant treatment or understanding the nature of depression.

4. The most typical symptoms: depression, loss of interest and pleasure, fatigue, etc. that last for more than two weeks or even several months without any reason.

How to regulate depression?

What should you do when you have a lot of worries and feel very depressed? Here are some tips to keep you in a good mood:

1. Cry - Cry appropriately

Crying is a good way to relieve tension, worry and pain. Tears help eliminate toxins produced by the organism during stress response. Being sad but trying not to cry is like chronic poisoning.

2. Shout - Shout out loud

When negative emotions invade you, you might as well shout it out. Vent pent-up emotions through rapid, intense and unrestrained shouting.

3. Exercise - Do vigorous exercise

People tend to be less active when they are depressed, but they don't realize that the less active they are, the harder it is to divert their attention, the lower their mood becomes, and a vicious cycle is easily formed. Therefore, you can change bad emotions through sports activities such as running and playing ball.

4. Talk - Talk to your friends more often

Share with friends, and happiness will be magnified and pain will be alleviated. Keeping unhappy things in your heart will increase your psychological burden. If you find someone to talk to about your troubles, you will feel better. You can also seek psychological counseling from a psychologist and ask them for help.

5. Turn around and divert your attention

Distract yourself from the things that are causing your negative emotions. You can do some activities that you are interested in, such as playing games, playing ball, playing chess, listening to music, watching movies, reading newspapers, etc. You can also go out for a trip and have some fun in a beautiful environment. This can help people get rid of negative emotions and stimulate positive and pleasant emotional responses.

6. Take another turn - correct cognitive bias

"People are troubled not by the facts that happened, but by their perception of the facts." It is people's cognition that determines emotions. Actively adjust your views on things and look at problems from a positive perspective. This can reduce or eliminate negative emotions and turn cloudy days into sunny ones.