What are the harms of depression?
1. Decline in function: Long-term depressive mood can lead to difficulties in thinking, a significant decrease in the efficiency of mental work, 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 mentally and their work is also affected to some extent.
3. Long-term negative and pessimistic thinking: Depressive mood can lead to negative, pessimistic thoughts, self-reproach, and low self-esteem, feeling that everything is fraught with difficulties and having a bleak outlook on the future.
4. Shortened lifespan: A 40-year study found that the mortality rate caused by functional disorders 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, a significant drop in the efficiency of mental work, difficulty in coping with daily work, phobias, and a decrease in human body immune function, which reduces social work and physiological abilities.
6. Increase the burden on families and make it difficult to rest.
7. Long-term insomnia leads to sleep disorders.