Studies have shown that people who spend a long time in a space with white and blue light are more likely to feel depressed, and their mood will be affected by the environment. In this regard, unfavorable environment and their own psychological state are important factors that cause depression. So, what exactly is depression? What are the abnormal manifestations of depression patients? Let’s take a look.
1. Depressed mood
Mainly manifested as significant and persistent depression, depression and pessimism. The light ones are unhappy, unhappy, and their interest is diminished. The depressive mood of typical patients has rhythm changes in the morning and night. On the basis of depressed mood, patients will have lower self-evaluation, feeling useless, hopeless, helpless and worthless, often accompanied by self-blame and guilt, and delusions of guilt and hypochondriasis in severe depression. Patients may experience hallucinations.
2. Slow thinking
The patient’s thinking speed is slow, the reaction is slow, the thinking is blocked, and the patient feels that “the brain seems to be a rusted machine”, “the brain seems to be coated with a layer of paste” Same”. Clinically, it can be seen that active speech is reduced, the speed of speech is significantly slowed, the voice is low, and it is difficult to answer, and in severe cases, the communication cannot be carried out smoothly.
3. Decreased volitional activity
You have to be careful when you have decreased volitional activity. Because patients with depression showed significant and persistent inhibition of volitional activity. Clinical manifestations: Slow behavior, passive and lazy life, unwilling to do things, unwilling to communicate with people around, often sitting alone, or lying in bed all day, living alone, alienating relatives and friends, avoiding social interaction.
In severe cases, even physical needs such as eating and drinking and personal hygiene are ignored, unkempt and sloppy, and even develop into silence, motion, and food, which is called “depressive stupor”. On examination, the patient still showed distress and depression. Patients with anxiety may have symptoms such as restlessness, finger grasping, rubbing hands and feet, or pacing.
Severe patients are often accompanied by negative suicidal thoughts or behaviors. Negative and pessimistic thoughts, self-blame, and lack of self-confidence can lead to thoughts of despair, believing that “ending one’s own life is a relief”, “living in the world is a superfluous person”, and will make suicide attempts develop into suicide behavior. This is the most dangerous symptom of depression and should be vigilant.
4. Impairment of cognitive function
The study suggests that patients with depression have cognitive impairment. The main manifestations are decreased memory of recent events, attention disorder, prolonged reaction time, increased vigilance, poor abstract thinking ability, learning difficulties, poor language fluency, spatial perception, eye-hand coordination and thinking flexibility. Cognitive impairment leads to social dysfunction in patients and affects the long-term prognosis of patients.
5. Physical symptoms
The main physical manifestations are some sleep disorders, and often feel fatigue, loss of appetite, and also accompanied by symptoms of weight loss and constipation. Pain anywhere in the body, loss of libido, impotence, amenorrhea, etc. Physical complaints of physical discomfort can involve various organs, such as nausea, vomiting, palpitation, chest tightness, sweating, etc. Symptoms of autonomic dysfunction are also common. Complaints of premorbid somatic disorders are often exacerbated.
Sleep disorders are mainly manifested as early waking up, usually 2 to 3 hours earlier than usual, and unable to fall back asleep after waking up, which is characteristic of depressive episodes. Some patients have difficulty falling asleep and not deep sleep; a few patients have excessive sleep. Weight loss is not necessarily proportional to loss of appetite, and a small number of patients may experience increased appetite and weight gain.
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If you or a friend around you suffers from mental, psychological or neurological diseases, do not delay the diagnosis and take medicine at will, and go to a regular hospital for medical treatment in time, so as not to delay the disease and cause serious consequences.
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