Psychological counselor's answer: lovelorn relatives and friends are indispensable to care.

Psychological counselor's answer: lovelorn relatives and friends are indispensable. Case: Aunt Li's daughter Xiaoyi recently lost her love. Aunt Li didn't pay special attention at first. But soon, Aunt Li felt something was wrong. Xiaoyi shuts herself in the house every day, does not go to work, often looks at photos of her ex-boyfriend and doesn't talk to her family. Even the things she used to love have no appetite, and she has lost more than ten kilograms in just a few weeks. Aunt Li was so anxious that she quickly found a friend who was a psychologist to enlighten her daughter. After asking, my friend told Aunt Li that Xiaoyi was suffering from reactive depression.

Analysis: Many people may be confused when they hear the word "reactive depression". Starting from the causes of depression, it can be roughly divided into two categories: biological (endogenous) and psychological (reactive). The former is caused by "internal" factors of the body, and the specific reasons are unclear, which may be related to genetic, neuroendocrine and central neurotransmitter dysfunction, and the drug treatment effect is better. The latter is directly induced by stressful mental stimulation or persistent mental stress (such as lovelorn, unemployment, etc.). ), known as reactive depression or psychogenic depression. Xiaoyi's depression is caused by lovelorn love, and its symptoms are closely related to mental trauma. For example, she is depressed and sighs at the thought of her lover leaving her, and is less accompanied by physical symptoms and mental symptoms, so she is diagnosed. Patients with reactive depression have great mood swings and are easily influenced by the environment, but they don't resent others. Generally speaking, a diagnosis can be made if there is a clear psychological trauma inducement like Xiaoyi and it meets the symptoms of general depression (depression, loss of interest, etc.). ), course criteria (lasting at least 2 weeks) and severity criteria (mental dysfunction or social dysfunction).

Prescription: If family members encounter similar mental shock, they should be given enough emotional support to help them broaden the channels for venting their bad emotions, and encourage and guide them to point their interests and concerns to the outside world. We should also carefully observe their emotional changes. If they are found to be continuously depressed for more than 1 week, accompanied by decreased speech and activities, they cannot work and live normally. They should be taken to the psychiatric or psychological department of a regular hospital in time. Different from endogenous depression, reactive depression has a more obvious effect on psychotherapy and can be enlightened with doctors. Finally, I would like to remind parents to pay attention to cultivating their children's optimistic personality and giving them frustration education appropriately in their lives.

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