How to distinguish a depressed mood from depression, can you talk about it?

Today we will continue to talk about depression, people have a lot of misunderstandings about depression, today, we will talk about one of them, that is, to equate the mood of depression with depression. I've been in a very low mood for the past two days, am I suffering from depression? With the increase in everyone's exposure to depression and their awareness of mental health, they have talked about inhibiting color change.

A considerable number of people confuse depression with depression, but in fact, the development of depression to depression is a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. The most distinctive feature of depression is a depressed mood, but depressed mood does not necessarily mean depression. There are three important criteria to distinguish whether a person is suffering from depression or depressed mood.

First, the time standard. True depression, depression is significant and persistent, that is to say, the patient for a considerable period of time, then this considerable period of time refers to reaching or exceeding two weeks, that is, in the period of reaching or exceeding two weeks, the mood is depressed and depressed. In fact, everyone will have some emotions in their lives, is it that we happen so many things every day, the more people grow up, the more things they will face.

It is impossible for a person to be emotionally free, as long as he is more or less able to regulate himself, then we cannot equate it with depression. A depressed mood that is less than two weeks old is considered a depressed mood, but if you can't regulate yourself after more than two weeks, then you may be depressed.

Second, the criterion of objectivity. The depression of depression is not commensurate with his situation, that is to say, there is nothing worthy of his sadness in life, but he is still depressed, which is a kind of amplified depression, lack of interest in things, feeling bored in doing anything, feeling very tired, the patient's mood can range from depressed to grief-stricken, and seriously affect the patient's social functions, such as study, daily work, social interaction, etc. In addition, it will also affect diet, sleep, weight, etc., such as severe weight loss, insomnia and easy awakening.

Third, depression is reversed. Generally speaking, when you encounter misfortune in life, time is the best bridging agent, and the deep pain will gradually fade, but depression is just the opposite, not only will it not get better naturally with the passage of time, even if it is **, it will go back and forth, and it will be ** if you are not careful. In short, depression is not the same as depression, and it is even more different from normal emotions, it can interfere with people's life, work, learning ability, appetite, sleep and pleasure in life, and it is even likely to devour people's lives.

Depression may be just a temporary feeling of unhappiness, while depression may be a long-term depression, and it will also include occasional inability to think about it, depression needs to go to the hospital**, and depression may just need to be relieved.

It can be distinguished by state, by the situation of expression, by language, and by communication with others.

There is an essential difference between depression and depression, and it is important not to confuse depression with depression in your daily life. There are many netizens who will say that I am going to be depressed when chatting, in fact, such remarks do not mean that this netizen is really depressed, because this is just a verbal hi. These remarks that can be said casually are never a psychological problem, even if sometimes the mood is really very low, it is just a depressive mood.

Depression is a psychological problem, so depression is not particularly scary. Depression, on the other hand, is caused by a long-term depressed mood that is also hit by reality. Depression no longer belongs to the psychological, but to a pathological category.

Many ordinary people experience depression in their daily lives, and this mood can occur when they encounter stress or frustration. <>

Depression is a very serious disease, because depression can directly cause people to lose interest in everything in life, or casually appear depressed. People who suffer from depression will have a decline in volitional behavior and a very sluggish mental response. Therefore, a lot of depression will directly affect a person's normal life, and it will also lead to certain problems in a person's mental condition.

If a person has a depressed mood, it can be artificially adjusted, but the state of depression will continue to appear, so if you stay in this state for a long time, you may be suffering from depression. Depression can be slowly adjusted through some things, but if you suffer from depression, it will directly affect social functioning. In addition, if the depression is too severe, it can even lead to suicidal behavior, so the two should be distinguished.

Depression is a short-term bad mood, while depression is a long-term depression that cannot be effectively alleviated, and will also seriously affect your physical condition.

It can be distinguished by symptoms, it can be distinguished by the child's emotions, it can be distinguished by the child's performance, and it can be distinguished by taking the child to the hospital to see a doctor.

Depressive mood is short-lived, whereas depression is long-term and accompanied by physical discomfort.

Depression is a mood that arises from a natural response to a negative event, is short-lived, and usually does not follow cognitive constraints and does not degrade self-esteem.

Depression is a disease that has its roots in distorted perceptions. As a disease, it not only lasts for a long time, but is also accompanied by organic lesions of the nervous system. On top of that, it degrades your self-esteem and makes you feel like you're worthless.

The most important point of differentiation between the two: cognitive distortions, which affect self-esteem.

1.Cognitive distortions.

David Burns summarized the cognitive distortions of depression in his New Emotions with the following 10 points:

(1) Perfectionism: A little imperfection negates the overall situation

(2) Partial generalization: take a negative thing that happens by chance as your own necessity

(3) Psychological filtering: filter out the good and positive, and only see the negative

(4) Negative positive thinking: take the occurrence of negative things as inevitable, and the occurrence of positive things as accidental

(5) Jumping to conclusions: Arbitrarily drawing negative conclusions without verifying the actual situation

(6) Amplify the shortcomings and narrow the advantages: Thinking that a shortcoming, a mistake, will make you lose everything, and your strengths are insignificant

(7) Emotional reasoning: Taking emotions as the basis of facts, in layman's terms, is "too dependent on temperament".

(8) "Must" compulsion: having a clear expectation of how and what you and others should do and do. If this expectation is not met, it will become angry or fall into self-denial.

(9) Labeling: Labeling oneself or others

(10) Blame oneself: After something negative happens, think that it is all self-inflicted, or think that it proves that it is incompetent.

According to Burns, human feelings do not originate from objective facts, but from thinking. Sensation is the reaction of the mind to the processing of objective facts. Depression, on the other hand, can change people's thinking and make people only have negative feelings.

Therefore, if you want to cure depression, you must correct this distorted cognition and thinking, otherwise the more you follow the feelings, the more your thinking will be distorted and you will enter a vicious circle.

It can be distinguished by duration, frequency, and degree of depression. Depression is already a severe level of depression, and people with depression have been in a depressed state for a long time, and it is easy to fall into depression, and there will be extreme behaviors such as suicide.

Depression is a long-term depression, and ordinary depression can be relieved after a while.

Depression may be uncomfortable for a long time, and even have depressed behaviors, ordinary depression to talk to others, complain of depression, the mood will be better, will become a normal mood.

Our mood can be affected by a variety of factors, and when we feel particularly unhappy, we may not be able to allow ourselves to behave better, and we may feel that we are at a low point in our lives, especially when we are feeling particularly depressed. Many times, we may not be able to tell the difference between depression and depressed mood.

When many people are depressed, they don't necessarily think that they have suffered from depression, and they can't make themselves more aware of it, but in fact, we need to make ourselves more clear. Depressed mood is not the same as depression, how can we distinguish depressed mood from depression? I think it should be distinguished from the following three aspects:

1. The length of time spent depressed.

If we want to distinguish between depressed mood and depression, we can distinguish it from the length of time we have been depressed, because when we have depression, we will be depressed for a longer period of time, and we may not be able to get ourselves out of the trough of life, when we are just daily depressed, we can allow ourselves to recover quickly. <>

2. Whether there is any harmful behavior.

The best way to distinguish between depressed mood and depression is to see if we have harmful behaviors, whether it is hurting others or hurting ourselves, it is a relatively obvious distinction. When a person suffers from depression, there will be harmful behaviors, and this harmful behavior will definitely last longer, if it is only depression, then it will not hurt themselves and others. <>

3. Whether there is hopelessness in life for a long time.

People who suffer from depression will feel disappointed for a long time, and they will also think that life is meaningless and worthless, if a person has no hope for life for a long time, then the person must have suffered from depression, and it is not just as simple as depression. If we just feel temporarily disappointed or confused, then we must not be depressed, we are just depressed. <>

That's my distinction between depressed mood and depression.

This can be determined according to one's own physical condition, if you have suicidal tendencies and have masochistic behavior, it means that you have suffered from depression, if you are just unhappy, it will generally be classified as depressed.

It can be distinguished by some specific signs and specific manifestations, and depressive mood is occasionally a relatively depressed and depressed situation. Depression is being in a very depressed mood for a long time, and then there are many adverse effects.

It can be distinguished by symptoms, by emotions, by interactions with others, and by how each person behaves.

Some depressions are not necessarily depression, how can you tell the difference? The psychiatrist tells you.

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1.Duration of depressive episodes.

Normal willow depression mood: generally does not last for more than 2 weeks, relatively short-lived.

Depression: It will last for more than 2 weeks, for a long time, and it will be reversed.

2.Causes of the formation of depressive episodes.

Normal mood: very clear, such as serious life events: death of a family member, failure in exams, breakup.

Depression: The cause may or may not be clear, and most people don't ask themselves why they are like this.

3.Divergence method.

Normal depressed mood: Feeling relaxed when doing sports or happy things.

Depression: Someone loses interest in something they once enjoyed.

4.Changes in mood throughout the day.

Normal depressive mood: There is no fixed pattern of change, and the timing is random.

Depression: Usually a depressed mood in the morning and a little better in the evening.

5.Changes in everyday life.

Normal depression: Although you don't want to do housework or work, you will do it unknowingly.

Depression: Lack of mood to do housework or work, affecting daily life and lack of social will.

6.Suicidal willingness.

Normal mood of willow depression: It is not very likely, even if the mood is very bad, it is rare to think of using this way.

Depression: I often have it, and from time to time I feel tired of being alive.

According to your narrative, in line with depressive mood.

Specifically, it can be based on the following criteria:

Over a two-week period, the patient exhibits more than five of the following nine symptoms. These symptoms must be pre-existing or mild. and include at least one of symptoms (1) and (2).

1.Depression most of the day, either self-reported by the patient (e.g., feeling sad or emotionally empty), or through bystander observation (e.g., secretly weeping), note that in children and adolescents, irritability can be manifested rather than overt depression.

2.For most of the day, interest in all or most of the activities that interest you normally is lost. Either through patient self-report or through bystander observation.

3.Significant weight loss or gain (5% of normal body weight), significant decrease or increase in appetite. Note: In children it is manifested by a lack of normal weight gain.

4.Insomnia or sleeping too much every day.

5.Hyperactivity or decrease in psychomotor activity every day (not only the subjective feeling of restlessness or reluctance to move, but also the observation of others).

6.Feeling tired and lacking energy every day.

7.Feeling worthless on a daily basis, or self-deprecation (delusions may occur). It's not just ordinary self-blame, or just a shame about your depression.

8.Decreased ability to pay attention and think every day, and hesitation in making decisions. (self-report or observation by others).

9.Often thinking about death (not just the fear of death), or often having suicidal thoughts but no specific plan, or having a specific plan to commit suicide, or even suicidal behavior.

If there are still problems, it is best to see a doctor.