Depression in Zhengzhou: self-psychotherapy for depression
- Cognitive therapy. It is very important to start treating depression by improving the psychological state. People need to conduct deep reflection through their own induction and inspiration, and eliminate irrational thoughts in their hearts. Whatever is causing the depression, irrational thinking is at play. For example, "The failure of work is because of my incompetence. My incompetence makes me hopeless. What's the point of living without hope?" This is an irrational concept common to many young people. As long as you break this irrational concept, depression will soon go away. As for how to break through this irrational concept, we have already talked about it, so there is no need to say more here.
Suggestion therapy. Positive psychological cues can brighten up a person's gray mood. For example, you can use this kind of hint: "I am in a very quiet place now, and I feel very calm and comfortable. I used to be depressed because of my own subjective assumptions. Don't think that if you fail once or twice, you are useless and inferior to others. No head. I know that setbacks and difficulties are not terrible, and I have the perseverance to overcome them. I began to learn to look at everything positively, my mood is no longer depressed and depressed, my mood becomes happier, and the symptoms are disappearing. I like socializing with friends , I have more friends. The sky in my heart has widened.” This method is a supplement to the previous method. The former starts from the conscious level and the latter from the subconscious level.
Talk about therapy. Talk about your troubles, worries, pains, sorrows, etc. Give your relatives and friends a good cry when they should cry. Don't be afraid to lose face. After the heavy rain, the sky will clear up, and the depression in my heart will be swept away.
Diary therapy. American psychologists once treated patients with depressive neurosis by asking them to keep a diary, and found that after writing a diary for a period of time, the patient's mental state improved and his life became more or less optimistic. Diary can be written in two ways: one is subjective. Talk to yourself in your journal when you have negative emotions, then analyze your negative thoughts for their fallacies. This can be seen as a specific modality of the first therapy. The second is objective. Don't write about your inner feelings, don't mention the word "I", and record the real life of the outside world as much as possible. In this way, you will gradually see the sunshine in your life, and your heart will be filled with sunshine.
Pleasure therapy. Depressed patients must learn to find happiness. Life is not without happiness, what we need is to find happiness. It’s fun to have a hobby, it’s fun to watch skits, it’s fun to play ball, it’s fun to sing, it’s fun to tell jokes, it’s fun to come to parties…
Friendship therapy. Doing a good job in interpersonal relationship and promoting interpersonal communication is a good medicine to keep the spirit excited and happy. In good interpersonal communication, the mental trauma caused by setbacks can be resolved, psychological protection can be carried out, and mental health can be maintained. At the same time, helping and caring for others with a sincere attitude will make you happy. This is helping others. Helping others is an important guarantee for mental health.
- Targeted therapy. Some young friends are often frustrated because their self-goals are unrealistic. If the goal is difficult to achieve, you will feel inferior, disappointed, and depressed. So you have to adjust your life goals, don't be too high or too strict, and let yourself have a normal heart. The lower the goal, the easier it is to succeed, and it's more fun.