What are the harms of depression?
1. Decline in Function: Long-term depressive moods can lead to difficulties in thinking, a noticeable decrease in the efficiency of mental labor, affecting brain function, dizziness, and memory decline.
2. Inducing Physical Illnesses: Patients with depression have twice the risk of developing heart disease and three times the likelihood of suffering a stroke. Common manifestations include reduced appetite, weight loss, decreased libido, constipation, impotence, amenorrhea, and fatigue. The family and friends of patients suffer greatly mentally, and their work status is also affected to some extent.
3. Long-term Negative and Pessimistic Thinking: A depressed mood can lead to negative, pessimistic thoughts, self-blame, and low self-esteem, feeling that everything is fraught with difficulty, and being hopeless about the future.
4. Shortened Lifespan: A study spanning 40 years found that the mortality rate caused by dysfunction due to depression is as high as that of cancer, diabetes, and heart disease patients.
5. Impairment of Social Function: After suffering from depression, it is usually manifested as difficulty in thinking, sleep disorders, decreased appetite, phobias, and a marked decrease in the efficiency of mental labor, making it difficult to handle daily work, which also reduces the body's immune function, thereby reducing social and physiological abilities.
6. Increasing Family Burden, Restless Sleep
7. Long-term insomnia leading to sleep disorders.