Fun fact: Why do some people like to “pretend” to be depressed?

Nowadays, many people often feel depressed. Some people are not even young intellectuals, but are obsessed with the role of "depression", as if they think it is cool. Why is depression abused? Why do so many people like to pretend to be depressed? Today, let's talk about the abused depression.

01. Why pretend to be depressed?

If a disease:

1. Easy to get

2. Difficult to identify

3. Difficult to treat

4. In most cases, it will not cause serious damage to individuals, but if ignored, it can easily lead to serious consequences.

Then, this disease must be popular among the public. For example, the best excuse for asking for leave is: headache . Because headache is a disease that can be caused by dozens or even hundreds of factors, even if you go to the hospital, the doctor will be very confused (even MRI is often powerless), so, using headache as an excuse to ask for leave is likely to be approved, what if the person has a serious problem?

Depression also meets these criteria, so it is naturally popular.

02. Abuse of depression

What's more important is that the causes of depression are very interesting. They are often related to personal low mood, and this low mood is often caused by various pressures. So it's great for people who want to get rid of various pressures.

What to do when career is not going well? Depression comes; what to do when love is not going well? Depression comes; thus, depression has become common. However, most of these people are fake depression!!!

They are hurting the truly depressed group, and these people should be given the title of Depressed Prince.

03. The harm of abusing depression

The real danger of abusing depression is that some non-depressed people unscrupulously destroy the name of the disease, causing those who actually suffer from depression to not receive attention, and even stigmatizing the disease.

I remember there was a big V who said he was depressed every day, and then asked for money everywhere, whether in the group or on the Internet. In the end, he was permanently blocked, but he still claims to be a victim and asks for money everywhere. On the other hand, another big V usually didn't show any signs of depression, and then one day he took pills and committed suicide. In the end, it took a lot of effort from everyone to save him.

So, this is also a big problem with depression, that is, ordinary people actually have no ability to judge this.

04. How to define depression

The definition of depression is also difficult to determine.

Depression, also known as depressive disorder, is characterized by significant and persistent low mood.

When you see this description, you will be confused. This definition is too arbitrary, right? No one can maintain a high mood all day long, otherwise it would be mania. As long as you are a little unhappy, isn't it a low mood? As for persistence? How long does it last? For example, it has been cloudy these days, and I don't like it, so I am in a low mood most of the time. Is that depression? Not to mention that you may experience such symptoms when you are stressed at work, unhappy things in life, or get sick, etc., so depression has become a common disease. Moreover, depression itself lacks particularly objective evaluation indicators, and the depressed mood itself has a continuity rather than a significant distinction, which leads to many people being able to say that they have depression.

On the other hand, the manifestation of depression is also quite special. That is, many people with depression cannot realize that they are suffering from depression unless they are the person themselves. For example, many comedians or funny stars are severe patients with depression, which breaks the cognition of many people. It is true that "your smile is just a protective color you wear". Moreover, many patients with depression are particularly taboo about depression itself. They are very reluctant to let others know about their depression. Instead, they lock their hearts deeply and isolate themselves constantly. This is also an important factor that makes depression difficult to treat. So some people say that "real depression is silence", which makes sense.

The result is that depression itself will become "stigmatized." People with real depression may be silent, but people who are just in a bad mood may talk about depression, which makes many people lose their attention to depression. This will make it more difficult for people with real depression, and society will be more critical of them.

Therefore, I really hope that there will be a breakthrough in the research on depression. For example, the most important thing is the diagnosis of depression, so that real depression patients can be diagnosed and then treated.

ps: To prevent ETC, this article does not believe that there are few people with depression. On the contrary, I think the scale is large, but it has become an invisible group. These false depressions will harm this term and bring negative impact to the entire group.