Interesting facts about male depression

For many of those who knew her in their own skin, depression is associated with the image of a whiner, slyuntyaya and loafers, who always whines and cries out for mercy. And if a woman is sometimes excusable, sometimes even romantically, for the men, from which our culture requires resilience and invulnerability - a shame actually hit a sickle in the balls. They often hide depression, even from themselves. Hopefully, a little reminder will help you - or the male friends - notice that there is something wrong, and the time to ask for help.

The diagnosis of "depression" put women twice as often as men. Largely because women go to doctors more often and easier to tell when they are going on that something was wrong. It is possible that women are actually more likely to suffer from depression.

Men are characterized by "depression without sadness" when depression, lethargy, depression and sadness, which in ordinary language, by the way, is called depression, absent or mild, but the fore irritability and anger, obsessions, sleep disorders, loss of appetite , reduced confidence and vague physical ailments.

About bodily ailments, ie somatization of depression. It headaches, back pain and joint pain, chest pressure surges, nausea, indigestion. Very often men do not suspect that the cause of these ailments to be found in the head, not in the trunk.

Another frequent somatic effect deserves a separate paragraph. This sharp decrease in libido, sometimes accompanied by erectile dysfunction. For the men's self-esteem is detrimental, and thus fueling depression; We obtain a self-sustaining process, a vicious circle. At the other extreme - promiscuity, a kind of libertinage that brings anything but joy.

Men react differently to depression. Not cakes, but alcohol is not tears and aggression not upolzaniem in shell, and manic immersion in work, hobbies or computer games. Due to the fact that depression often causes men to drown it in a bottle, and even drown out even more serious substances, it can be difficult to figure out where is the egg, where the chicken: depression is caused by alcoholism, or become its consequence.

Depression in men often develops as a part of post-traumatic stress disorder - just because it is men fighting, catch criminals, extinguish fires and rescue the victims of natural disasters, working in hazardous work, where faced with industrial accidents.

Women recite depression - sobbing in social networks and on the chest of girlfriends while not a substitute for professional assistance will undoubtedly exert a therapeutic effect. Men swallow it in silence, and it eats away at them from within. Yes, another factor complicating seeking professional help: the vast majority of counselors - women. And talk about deeply personal and painful with a person of the opposite sex is not something that many difficult, and absolutely excluded.

Women living with depression, though bad men - die. The suicide rate among men is higher than among women all around the world, with the exception of just a few countries. In Russia - six times in America - four. Age peaks male suicide associated with depression, occur in adolescence and old age.

Possibly, these differences are not only the social but also genetic origins. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found 19 chromosomal regions associated with a form of major depressive disorder. But only three of them, this association was significant for both sexes, and the remaining 16 were specific to men or women.

Source: www.hacklive.ru

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