Dialogue (1).
Recently, I have been suffering from insomnia, it is very difficult to fall asleep, I sleep relatively lightly, and I feel dizzy and unable to keep up with my energy when I go to work the next day.
After work, go to the doctor and have your body checked.
I'll buy some medicine myself and eat it first.
Dialogue (2).
Ay! Recently, I have always had chest tightness and lightheadedness, and I feel that life is not interesting, and I am not bored to do anything.
Do you have something on your mind? Go see a doctor!
It's okay, it'll be fine after a while.
The above are the memories of two patients with mental illness, A and C, when they had the onset of the disease.
A suffers from insomnia and C suffers from depression, and when the doctor does the medical record consultation, he finds that their understanding of the condition in the early stage of the disease is quite representative - "It's not in the way, and it will be fine after a while!" ”
In fact, many people's understanding of mental illness in life is also the same, because the onset of mental illness has the characteristics of hidden, asymptomatic and gradual, unlike other physiological diseases, the symptoms are very obvious!
But a word of caution:
Mental and psychological abnormalities are also alarms of physical health, please do not ignore them! ”
According to the relevant statistics of the health department, in recent years, there have always been more than 100 million patients with various mental illnesses in China, of which 723% of patients do not know they have the disease. There are more than 1.6 million people with severe mental illness, with a disability rate of 60% and a suicide rate of 30%.
The harm of mental illness is so high
Why is it often ignored or delayed**?
Causes of procrastination in mental illness
Mental illness is not considered a "disease".
Mental illness is different from other physical diseases, and the symptoms of physical diseases are very obvious, such as inflammation, pain, bleeding, swelling, etc., which can be identified by the naked eye, and the stimulation of our body is also very obvious.
However, mental illness** arises from bad mood and cognitive impairment, which are invisible and untouchable factors. From the early stage of the disease to the deep stage, it is often hidden, imperceptible, asymptomatic and gradual.
Even, many people in life mistakenly believe that mental illness is not a disease, but "hypocrisy".
Mental illness is believed to heal on its own
Due to the early stage of mental illness, the symptoms are not obvious, and many people do not pay attention to it, thinking that it is just a temporary bad mood and low spirit, and it can be healed after a while.
However, once the onset of mental illness occurs, it will continue to develop in depth until it seriously affects the work and life of the patient! Because it has caused functional damage to the nerve reflex area of the brain, it cannot be reversed by adjustment and cultivation in life!
Because of the "stigma" of being ashamed to speak
There are also a considerable number of people, due to the misunderstanding of mental illness in the current society, thinking that mental and psychological patients are crazy "crazy people", and this solidified cognition has caused discrimination and prejudice against mental illness patients!
Many patients feel inferior because they have mental illness, and they have a deep "stigma". I was ashamed to talk about my condition, and I didn't dare to go to the hospital to see a doctor, which seriously delayed my condition!
The harm of prolonged mental illness
01 The condition worsens over time
Mental illness will not heal itself with the migration of time, and at the same time, due to the adverse stimulation and damage received by the brain's nerve reflex area, it cannot be repaired at all if it is not **! On the contrary, the condition will become more and more serious, seriously affecting the normal life of the patient!
02 Unknown uncontrollable damage
Due to the difficulties in thinking, cognition, emotional digestion and other aspects of patients with mental illness, unnecessary friction will occur when they are in contact with other members of society, especially patients with mental disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, paranoia and other serious conditions, which may cause unknown harm to themselves and the people around them!