Signs of depression in women

Scientific research shows that women are more likely to suffer from depression than men. Because of women's physiological structure, they experience more than men in their lives, and naturally endure more. These things accumulate slowly and become a psychological disease in women. Gradually, you become unwilling to talk, easily get angry, etc. There are also a series of chain reactions that occur. Today I will give you some basic information about the signs of depression in women.

Physiological changes : After women enter menopause, their ovaries begin to atrophy, and estrogen secretion decreases sharply after menopause. Symptoms of menopausal syndrome such as irritability, irritability, hot flashes, etc. will appear. Sometimes the symptoms occur in public, making the person anxious and unhappy. If you cannot adjust your mentality in time and treat it correctly, depression is likely to occur if it continues repeatedly. What are the causes of menopausal depression?

After entering menopause, some women are unable to take the initiative to participate in social activities, nor do they explore a better life and enjoy the fun of life. Instead, they stay at home all day long, thinking to themselves, feeling depressed, and asking for trouble. Over time, they develop mental depression.

After menopause, women's estrogen is depleted, resulting in decreased sexual desire or even no sexual desire, which brings great inconvenience to their life. If the husband does not understand his wife, cracks will appear in the previously close relationship between the two, which will inevitably increase the wife's psychological burden, and in the long run will lead to depression.

Unable to adapt to changes in the new living environment, such as moving away from a long-time residence to an unfamiliar new environment; living with a son or daughter's new family or living alone after becoming a widow, etc. [1]

Symptoms

Depression

Depressed moods vary in severity, ranging from mild bad mood to sadness, pessimism, and hopelessness. The patient feels heavy-hearted, life is meaningless, he cannot be happy, he is depressed, every day feels like a year, he is in unbearable pain and cannot extricate himself. Some patients may also experience anxiety, irritability, and nervousness.

The patient is depressed most of the day, almost every day, which is evidenced in two ways: one is subjective expression (such as feeling empty, helpless, sad, etc.) and the other is observation by others (crying, etc.).

Low self-esteem

Patients often over-depreciate their own abilities, describing themselves as worthless and their future as bleak. Strong sense of self-blame, guilt, uselessness, worthlessness, and helplessness. In severe cases, the patient may develop self-blame, hypochondriasis, and even choose suicide as a way of self-punishment.

Suicidal thoughts and behaviors are the most dangerous behaviors of depression. Patients with severe depression often choose suicide to escape their pain.

Anhedonia

Loss of interest is one of the common symptoms of depression. Loss of interest in daily life and inability to enjoy various entertainment or pleasant things. They are unable to experience the joy of family life, are indifferent to their previous hobbies, often live alone, alienate themselves from relatives and friends, and avoid socializing. Patients often complain of "no emotions", "emotional numbness", and "can't be happy anymore".

Fatigue

Loss of energy, fatigue and weakness, making it difficult and exhausting to do simple tasks in life such as washing and dressing. Persistent feeling of fatigue with no apparent cause. In mild cases, patients feel physically tired, overwhelmed, and lose enthusiasm and initiative in life and work; in severe cases, patients cannot even take care of eating, drinking, and personal hygiene.

Patients often use terms like "mental breakdown" or "deflated ball" to describe their condition.

Sleep disorders

About 70% to 80% of depression patients have sleep disorders. They usually have no difficulty falling asleep, but wake up after a few hours and are in a depressed mood again after waking up, 2 to 3 hours earlier than usual. They cannot fall asleep again after waking up and fall into a sad atmosphere. Therefore, it is called early morning insomnia, mid-night awakening and terminal insomnia. People with anxiety disorders may have difficulty falling asleep and have frequent nightmares. A small number of patients with depression sleep too much, which is called "sleep-prone depression."