Symptoms of Occult Depression, What is Occult Depression?

The symptoms of occult depression are more special, its depressive symptoms have been transformed into somatic symptoms, patients often complain of a large number of physical discomforts, but the real symptoms of depression are hidden behind the complaints, making it difficult for some non-psychiatric or psychological physicians to detect in time, so it is called "hidden".

The symptoms of occult depression involve a wide range of symptoms, such as headache, dizziness, insomnia, chest tightness, shortness of breath, backache, back pain, numbness in the limbs, impotence, loss of appetite, and lack of concentration. Among them, insomnia symptoms are more common, and insomnia in occult depression is mainly based on early awakening, and it is not easy to fall asleep after waking up. In addition, the symptoms of occult depression include the circadian rhythm of heavy morning and light evening, the seasonal rhythm of heavy spring and autumn and light summer, and most patients also have anxiety.

Anxiety worsens during menstruation. However, after taking antidepressant drugs**, it can work quickly. These are the characteristics of occult depression, and diseases such as neurosis are not available.

Occult depression is easily diagnosed by traditional Chinese medicine as "body deficiency" and "kidney deficiency"; Western medicine diagnosed it as "neurosthenia", "neurasthenia", "autonomic dysfunction", and so on. However, it has not been effective. Therefore, it is advisable for these patients to go to a mental health center or psychological counseling center to see if there is a possibility of latent depression.

Only with a clear diagnosis can we prescribe the right medicine and cure the disease.

Depression is fundamentally different from the general "unhappy", it cannot be confused at all, it has obvious characteristics, and there are three main symptoms combined, that is, depressed mood, slow thinking and motor inhibition (mainly manifested by limited motor mechanisms). Depressed mood means not being happy, always sad and sad, and even pessimistic and hopeless. Lin Daiyu, who frowns and sighs all day long and sheds tears at every turn in "Dream of Red Mansions", is a typical example.

Slow thinking is the feeling that the brain is not good, unable to remember things, and difficult to think about problems. The patient feels empty and stupid. Motor inhibition is not active and lazy.

Slow walking, little speech, etc. In severe cases, you may not be able to eat or move, and you may not be able to take care of yourself.

What is the change and insidious depression? Judgment as dusty:

Sometimes, we often ask: If I don't experience emotional depression, will I still suffer from depressive disorder? That's a very good question.

The answer is also yes. Because Chongqing Cuncaoxin psychological counselors found that it is possible to fall into a depressive disorder without symptoms of depression.

Depressive disorders are likely to be hidden behind many physical symptoms, such as neck pain and nervous facial pain. In addition, other symptoms such as feeling bored at what to do, lack of energy, tiredness after walking twice, loss of appetite, and inability to sleep can also help us diagnose depressive disorders.

There are two observable bodily cues that allow us to "see" a depressive disorder:

The first is rapid weight loss. The effect is better than taking ** medicine.

The second is the facial expression: the "Chuan" shape between the eyebrows, as well as the pursing of the mouth, or the sinking of the corners of the mouth.

Chongqing Cuncaoxin Psychological Counseling reminds that there is also a situation of "smiling depression", when we see him, he is always smiling, which makes you even feel a little creepy. That kind of rigid smile is different from the smile that ordinary people smile when they are happy, and if you look closely, you will find that the corners of their eyes and mouth do not have the wrinkles that they would have when they are really smiling. We know that there are people in society who have been taught from an early age not to show their sad side and to laugh at life.

Even if it hurts, it can't be shown as painful, and the manifestation of pain can make the people around you feel uncomfortable. So they made a poker face with a glass heart hidden inside.

Psychological counselor's comments: Especially in the city, people are exposed to too much information every day, and the brain seems to be in a state of overload, and if there is a lack of a good soothing method, the emotional experience will become numb and dull. At this time, it is easy to ignore depression, and depression is often insidious.

<> What are the manifestations of latent depression in life?

1.Wake up early! Wake up early! Wake up early!

Insomnia is not necessarily depression, but waking up early is most likely to be a dismantling of the underlying depression. For example, go to bed at 12 p.m. and go to bed in the early hours of the morning.

Waking up at 3 or 4 o'clock and never being able to sleep anymore is likely to be a potential depression.

2.Inexplicable anxiety.

Anxiety, restlessness, anxiety even when you are not busy with work, and inability to concentrate on one thing are likely to be underlying depression.

3.Unusual "laziness".

I am very thirsty, the cup is less than three steps away from me, I just can't lift my hand to hold it, I feel that my body is no longer under the control of my will, like a machine that does not work, this is probably also a potential depression.

5.The mind is delicate, and it is easy to think too much.

Potential depression can easily hear three or four layers of deep meaning from other people's words, and this deep meaning is aimed at oneself, and you can always hear the "malice" in other people's words.

6.Emotions are not self-controlled.

I don't want to cry, but the tears just flow wildly. I don't want to quarrel, but I can't help but tear up with others. Emotional irritability and lack of self-control are most likely underlying depression.

7.It's always easy to think of unhappy things.

Habitually indulged in pain, likes to recall unpleasant things, and rarely has happy moments. Low mood is the norm, and there are few things that make you happy.

8.Loss of appetite.

I often don't get hungry when I get to dinner, or I feel full when I eat a little food. I even feel sick when I see something. If you don't want to eat, you will want to vomit if you force yourself to eat.