{"id":2691,"date":"2021-12-14T12:18:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psycholog-online.co.uk\/?p=2691"},"modified":"2023-06-22T18:52:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T18:52:45","slug":"czy-to-depresja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psycholog-online.co.uk\/en\/czy-to-depresja\/","title":{"rendered":"How to distinguish despondency from depression?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2691\" class=\"elementor elementor-2691\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39174098 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39174098\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fdc2e77\" data-id=\"1fdc2e77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b8c182b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b8c182b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The autumn and winter season favors the intensification of apathy and melancholy. Shorter days, less sun, less time spent outdoors may intensify the symptoms of depression and lack of vitality. However, can we call every low mood depression? Is low mood lasting several days a reason why we should see a GP?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Depression is a state of chronic suffering that makes normal functioning difficult or, in some cases, impossible. In most cases, depression is a chronic and recurrent disease with periods of remission and exacerbation. The main symptoms of this disease are low mood and loss of interests and the ability to feel pleasure. People living abroad, also in Great Britain, find it more difficult to receive a diagnosis and help when their mental health deteriorates.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Despite many years of research, the pathomechanism of depressive disorders still remains unknown. It is known that the occurrence of this disease depends on genetic conditions, but also to a large extent on environmental factors and human personality.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The main causes of depression are considered to be disturbances in the level of brain neurotransmitters, which is why pharmacotherapy is often necessary to treat severe episodes of depression.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Depression is not a homogeneous disease, which means that there is no one type of depression or one specific cause. This makes diagnosis and determining the cause of the disease difficult. In practice, we distinguish between the following states: symptoms of depression (depression), mild episode of depression, dysthymia, moderate episode of depression, severe episode of depression.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Depression or sadness?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Depression<\/em> (sadness) \u2013 it is short-lived, caused by specific external factors such as: chronic stress, fatigue, illness, loss of job, loss of life stability; or internal - a sense of alienation (often accompanying emigration), illness, job dissatisfaction, unsatisfactory social or family relationships.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 <em>pathological depression<\/em> (depression) is long-lasting (weeks, months) with no clearly identified cause<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symptoms of depression<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Long-lasting depression is accompanied by other symptoms (disturbances in energy levels, circadian rhythms, appetite, anhedonia is often present)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Decrease in mood reactivity (depression is the dominant state, if there is improvement, it is short-lived, and positive emotions, if they are experienced, are characterized by low intensity)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Thoughts of giving up or committing suicide appear<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Loss of motivation<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The first episode of depression most often has identifiable, although sometimes difficult to clearly indicate, causes. Subsequent episodes often occur without obvious causes.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 People around you feel unrealistic, excessively negative perception of yourself and reality (the effect of the influence of mood on information processing)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Symptoms persist for more than two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples of thinking styles in depression:<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Black and white thinking \u2013 \u201c<em>I&#039;m either good at something or I&#039;m not<\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Generalizing \u2013 \u201c<em>I always do everything wrong<\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Mental filter: focusing on details rather than the big picture<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Overlooking the positives \u2013 \u201c<em>It doesn&#039;t count, it was an accident<\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Emotional justification \u2013 \u201c<em>It must be true because I feel it<\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Overuse of guilt-inducing imperatives \u2013 \u201c<em>I have to, I should<\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Labeling yourself \u2013 \u201c<em>I have no energy, it means I&#039;m lazy<\/em>&quot;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>If you feel that the above text to some extent relates to how you have been functioning recently and the given statements are close to you, solve <a href=\"https:\/\/psycholog-online.co.uk\/en\/test-na-depresje\/\">depression test<\/a>to initially determine whether you are currently struggling with this mood disorder.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>You can also make an appointment for <a href=\"https:\/\/psycholog-online.co.uk\/en\/rezerwacja-online\/\">online consultation<\/a> with a psychologist, during which you will start working on your problems together.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depression is a chronic mental disorder that interferes with normal functioning and is characterized by low mood and lack of interest or pleasure. It is usually treated with drug therapy and should not be confused with sadness.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-depresja"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jak odr\u00f3\u017cni\u0107 przygn\u0119bienie od depresji? - Psycholog Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Czy ka\u017cde przygn\u0119bienie mo\u017ce prowadzi\u0107 do depresji? 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