Chapter 1: Teach you how to keep mental health.
Chapter 2: There are five signals, so decompress them quickly.
Chapter 3: Nineteen alarm signals of depression.
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Teach you how to maintain mental health.
Modern health view holds that human health should include physical health and mental health, and both cannot be neglected, and mental health is more important than physical health.
First, what is mental health?
Psychology is not the mechanism of "mind". "Heart" is just a word misused by the ancients, because they mistakenly thought that "the official thought of heart" was adopted by later generations. Psychology is actually the function of the brain. The effects of objective things on the human body are reflected in the brain and processed by the brain. The function of the human brain to reflect and deal with objective things is always called "psychology", which mainly includes feeling, perception, memory, thinking, consciousness, emotion, personality and ability. Human psychology is the highest stage of animal psychology development, which is produced and developed under the influence of labor and language. It is the product of human social practice, with conscious initiative, which is qualitatively different from other animal psychology.
After a little analysis, it is not difficult to see that although feeling and memory are also the reflection and processing of external things by the brain, they are essentially physiological functions naturally formed after the brain develops to a certain stage. People are passive to them and have little connection with human social practice, so these items are neutral, that is, they cannot be measured by the moral standards of human society, and there is no question of good or bad, right or wrong.
However, the psychology of thinking, consciousness, emotion and personality is completely different, which is bred by two unique functions of human beings. Complex advanced psychology is closely related to human social practice, so it can be measured by social moral standards.
Closely related to people's health are psychological activities such as thinking, consciousness, emotion and personality. Modern science has long proved that psychological changes must be accompanied by physiological changes. For example, excitement, panic, anger and anxiety can all cause changes in blood pressure, heartbeat and endocrine. The polygraph was developed according to this inevitability. So unhealthy psychology is harmful to health.
Second, what is unhealthy psychology?
I think it can be judged from two aspects.
First of all, it can be measured by recognized social moral standards. All national laws and social ethics that are not allowed, allowed, shouldn't and inappropriate are unhealthy psychological activities. Such as jealousy, disgust, hatred, hatred, etc. People, things and things recognized by statute law and public morality, as well as various ideas of trying to slander, slander, frame up, destroy and murder. Are all unhealthy psychology.
Secondly, although some psychological activities do not violate state laws and social morality, they will become unhealthy if they are not well controlled. For example, everyone has worldly desires, which is normal, but once it is excessive, it becomes unhealthy psychology, which will seriously affect health; Our ancestors realized this long ago, and summed up the valuable experience of "anger hurts the liver, likes sadness, thinks about hurting the spleen, mourns the lungs and fears hurting the kidney" from practice. People call anger "a fit of rage". Wu Zixu's hair turned white overnight (lung qi reached her hair), and she died suddenly when she was overjoyed, and so on. It is a true portrayal of this aspect.
Third, how to maintain mental health.
The author believes that to maintain a healthy psychology, we should also start from two aspects.
First, establish a correct outlook on life recognized by national statute law and social ethics: with a good outlook on life, you will maintain a positive, open-minded, tolerant and optimistic attitude; You will treat yourself, others and society correctly, and it will be easy to maintain a healthy mental state.
Second, actively cultivate personality: there are many types of personality, some are extroverted and some are introverted; Some are irritable and some are calm; Some are sensitive, some are slow and so on. According to the degree of hyperactivity and quietness, ancient doctors in China divided people into five types: hyperactive sun type, shaoyang type, quiet Taiyin type, shaoyin type, moderately hyperactive and quiet type. According to the daily observation and the hypothesis that there are four kinds of body fluids (blood, mucus, yellow bile and black bile) in human body, doctors in ancient Greece and Rome divided people into four types: choleric temperament with quick temper, sanguine temperament with quick action, mucinous temperament with calm and slow action, and depressive temperament with fragile and slow action. Pavlov, a scholar in the former Soviet Union, put forward four basic types of higher nervous activity based on his research on animals and people: excited type, active type, quiet type and weak type, which are equivalent to bile type, sanguine type, mucinous type and depressed type respectively, and pointed out that there are few pure types and they are generally mixed type.
According to the dictionary, the so-called personality is "a relatively stable psychological feature in people's attitude and behavior", which is gradually formed, developed and changed in social practice on the basis of a person's physical quality.
The author's understanding of the above explanation is as follows: ① People's personality has innate (natural) components to a great extent, so people will say that they are "naturally strong", "naturally weak" and "naturally suspicious", and so on, and call people's personality "nature". For example, in Historical Records of the Five Emperors, there is a saying that "the first emperor was a man, and sex was just violent for his own use". The acquired life path and social practice will also have a great influence on his character. In other words, personality can also be changed. In ancient times, there was a saying that "rivers and mountains are easy to move, but nature is hard to change". "Difficult to change, that can be changed, but it is difficult.
There is no question of whether the personality itself is correct or not, but it is often said that some people have good personality and others have bad personality. There is no clear and accepted standard for this "good" and "bad". It is generally believed that open-minded, cheerful, calm and easy-going, and easy to get along with people are all better. On the contrary, violent, irritable, snobbish and vicious are all characters that people dare not avoid.
Personality is "hard to change" because it is formed by itself, and others have no choice but to rely on their own efforts. Since personality is closely related to health, we should actively cultivate personality for health.
The secret recipe of longevity handed down by the ancients is only four words: "cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's nature." "Self-cultivation means striving to improve ideological and moral cultivation;" Nourishing is to cultivate character and maintain mental health. It can be seen that the ancients have long known the importance of mental health.
The author believes that we must learn from the ancients to cultivate our character: the most important and effective thing is to strive to be a "pure heart"
Tips: There are five signals. Decompress them quickly.
1. Gum pain and bleeding.
Stress can reduce immunity, increase oral bacteria and lead to gingivitis. It is recommended to brush your teeth twice a day, floss your teeth if necessary and use antibacterial mouthwash.
I am forgetful.
Accidents such as car accidents can lead to great psychological stress, increase the level of stress hormones and temporarily inhibit short-term memory. Long-term stress will change the structure of brain nerve cells and damage memory. It is suggested to help memory by notepad, calendar, etc.
3. Dysmenorrhea is serious.
Women are under too much pressure, and the risk of dysmenorrhea doubles. It is suggested to take a small amount of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen before menstruation 1-2 days to relieve dysmenorrhea. In addition, acupuncture and hot compress also help to relieve dysmenorrhea and stress.
4. Have strange dreams.
When you are too anxious and at a loss, strange dreams are a way to release stress. If you have strange dreams every night, you should see a professional doctor for treatment. Avoiding caffeine and alcohol a few hours before going to bed can also help improve sleep.
5. My chin hurts.
When people are nervous, they will bite their teeth or sleep and grind their teeth. This will lead to too tight jaw muscles and jaw pain. Regular mouth opening training and deep breathing can alleviate it.
Nineteen warning signs of depression
1. People are not happy when they are happy. I often feel depressed and sad about some small things, even for no reason.
2. I lost interest in my past hobbies, even hobbies and daily activities, and I was listless all day.
3. Life becomes lazy, slovenly, happy-go-lucky, not enterprising.
4. Long-term insomnia, especially characterized by early awakening, lasts for weeks or even months.
5. Thinking becomes dull and it is difficult to make a decision when something happens.
6. Always feel inferior, often blame yourself, always regret the past and lose confidence in the future.
7. I feel suspicious and always suspect that I am seriously ill. Although I have been conducting various tests, it is still difficult to explain my doubts.
8. Memory loss and frequent forgetfulness.
9. Bad temper, impatience and irritability, and difficulty in concentration.
10. Often confused and nervous.
1 1. Symptoms such as anorexia, nausea, abdominal distension or diarrhea, or stomachache often occur, but there is no obvious organic change during examination.
12. Some patients lose appetite and lose weight without obvious reasons.
13. I often feel very tired, lack of energy, and I can't do things.
14. Being indifferent, it is difficult to be interested in everything around, and I don't want to talk or do anything.
15. I feel headache, low back pain and general pain, but I can't find the organic cause.
16. Social activities are obviously reduced, and they are unwilling to associate with relatives and friends, or even behind closed doors.
17. Lose interest in sex.
18. I often feel empty involuntarily and feel that I am alive without value and meaning.
19. I often think of topics related to death.