{"id":659,"date":"2021-03-01T11:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/?p=659"},"modified":"2021-04-05T12:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:23:54","slug":"disguised-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stop-depression-info.com\/blog\/disguised-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Disguised depression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Masked (latent) depression&nbsp;<\/strong>is a depression hidden behind&nbsp;various signs characteristic of a number of somatic (physical) diseases and a&nbsp;number of addictions (&nbsp;including non-chemical).&nbsp;At the same time, the very decrease in mood often proceeds imperceptibly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latent depression is confirmed where there is a painful reaction of a person to&nbsp;rejection by society (or specific individuals) of any of his actions, thoughts, and activities.&nbsp;A patient with&nbsp;latent depression experiences discomfort from the&nbsp;realization that certain moments of his life may cause disapproval of others.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&nbsp;ordinary people from time&nbsp;to time there are critical thoughts about himself.&nbsp;However, if you constantly&nbsp;return&nbsp;to&nbsp;them, it can lead to&nbsp;depression.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It often accompanies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>drug and&nbsp;alcohol addiction,&nbsp;<\/li><li>increased blood pressure,<\/li><li>diseases of the liver, adrenal glands and&nbsp;thyroid gland,&nbsp;<\/li><li>viral infections (even with flu).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Symptoms of masked depression<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>melancholy,<\/li><li>yearning,<\/li><li>sadness,<\/li><li>depressed mood<\/li><li>laziness,<\/li><li>mental pain<\/li><li>emotional dullness<\/li><li>anger,<\/li><li>alienation,<\/li><li>feelings of guilt, self-blame,<\/li><li>apathy,<\/li><li>persistent pessimism,<\/li><li>obsessive and&nbsp;suicidal thoughts,&nbsp;including those carefully hidden from&nbsp;others.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Diagnostic features<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depression can take many different forms, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>gambling addiction&nbsp;(especially common among&nbsp;young people),&nbsp;<\/li><li>painful irresistible addiction to&nbsp;food (or, conversely, aversion to&nbsp;food), erotic films, profanity,&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>manifestations from&nbsp;the gastrointestinal tract (bear disease, sudden psychogenic constipation and&nbsp;diarrhea),&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>back&nbsp;pain (&nbsp;combined with&nbsp;persistent disappointment in&nbsp;someone or&nbsp;something),&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>chronic fatigue,<\/li><li>various sleep disorders,&nbsp;etc.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Only a specialist can distinguish (&nbsp;differentiate&nbsp;)&nbsp;depression&nbsp;from&nbsp;another condition.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support from&nbsp;others under the supervision of an experienced doctor&nbsp;is a reliable guarantee of a successful cure for depression,&nbsp;including latent&nbsp;depression&nbsp;.&nbsp;Often a loved one worries about a&nbsp;relative who is depressed.&nbsp;Group peer support&nbsp;is an effective way of rehabilitation.&nbsp;The patient himself, informed about the&nbsp;causes of the disease and the&nbsp;ways to&nbsp;eliminate it, effectively turns on the mechanisms of&nbsp;self-regulation&nbsp;.&nbsp;Keeping a diary, purposeful search for new friends with the&nbsp;same interests, returning to&nbsp;old acquaintances who remember him when he&nbsp;was not yet&nbsp;sick is&nbsp;especially helpful&nbsp;.&nbsp;It is very important to learn to have only reasonable expectations and&nbsp;to be able to deal with&nbsp;disappointments.&nbsp;A&nbsp;depressed&nbsp;patient&nbsp;cannot be told, \u201cYou&nbsp;will be fine,&nbsp;\u201d but&nbsp;other words of support&nbsp;should be found&nbsp;.&nbsp;Many &#8220;standard&#8221; phrases should be pronounced differently, in&nbsp;which a specialist consultation will help the loved ones of a depressed patient.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Features of the treatment of latent depression<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even conventional&nbsp;psychotherapy&nbsp;(without the use of drugs) helps about three quarters of&nbsp;depressed&nbsp;patients&nbsp;.&nbsp;The ability to fully rest and&nbsp;relax will be taught by group sessions of psychotherapy.&nbsp;Modern drugs of this pharmacological group do not&nbsp;cause drowsiness, dependence or addiction.&nbsp;They are adapted for long-term use.&nbsp;It is believed that depression is treated exactly as long as it has formed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the&nbsp;case of using complex methods, as a rule, two to three months are enough for the patient to become a full-fledged member of society again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masked (latent) depression&nbsp;is a depression hidden behind&nbsp;various signs characteristic of a number of somatic (physical) diseases and a&nbsp;number of addictions (&nbsp;including non-chemical).&nbsp;At the same time, the very decrease in mood often proceeds imperceptibly.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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