Symptoms of depression

Diseases are very common. There are many common types of diseases. Common methods such as drugs and surgery are very helpful in improving diseases. Depression is a very common disease. Such diseases are very harmful to the patient's body and mind. Once you have such a disease, if you don't treat it in time, it will threaten the patient's body in all aspects. What are the symptoms of mental depression?

Many people are not very clear about what the symptoms of depression are. This type of disease has many symptoms. The following is a detailed introduction so that you can have some understanding of this issue.

Symptoms of depression:

(1) Physical symptoms The most hidden are the physical symptoms of depression. As depressive symptoms develop, all biological and psychological pleasures are lost. Patients with depression often have a poor appetite. Even if they love to eat, fine wine and delicious food cannot whet their appetite. People with depression often become thin. There are also various problems with sleep, such as difficulty falling asleep at night and waking up early in the morning. Even if you fall asleep, the quality of sleep is very poor. With poor appetite and sleep, the patient will gradually become weak and tired. The sex life of patients with depression will also be affected. Erectile dysfunction in men and sexual apathy in women are common phenomena. The emergence of various physical symptoms often weakens the patient's resistance to physical diseases.

(2) Cognitive symptoms. Cognitive symptoms are another major manifestation of depression symptoms. It is mainly manifested in groundless self-blame, exaggerating one's own shortcomings and minimizing one's own strengths, showing a kind of cognitive illogicality and impracticality. People with depression always have a negative evaluation of themselves. This negative thinking cast a thick layer of gray over his view of himself and his future. He often believes that he is a loser and that his failure is entirely his own fault. He firmly believes that he is inferior, not smart enough, not competent enough, not good-looking enough, not rich enough, etc.

(3) Motivational symptoms. The motivational symptoms of patients with depression are manifested in a lack of motivation to do anything. Different people have different levels of motivation. Most of us are able to wake up on time in the morning, go to work or school on time, and actively seek out ways to entertain ourselves and others. However, for people with depression, let alone actively looking for ways to entertain themselves, it is extremely difficult for them to start doing anything and they need to make a huge struggle with themselves. Patients with severe depression will lie motionless in bed with disheveled hair every day, have no appetite, have a frown on their faces, speak very little, and even cry. Even when they moved, their movements were noticeably slow.

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the symptoms of depression. However, it should be noted that the treatment of this type of disease must be long-term, otherwise it will not be of any help to the patient's physical condition. Moreover, this type of disease also needs timely treatment after discovery.