Is it wrong to have mental illness? mentally ill, right? |Dai Yusheng's Psychological Discussion Record

About mental illness

There are many types of mental illness, and there are countless causes. From the details, they belong to the scope of neurological treatment, or the scope of psychiatric treatment, including genetic factors, physiological nervous system damage, disorders of specific neurotransmitters in the brain, abnormal secretion or Excessive amounts will have a great impact. Some people are born with sensitive brain receptors, and they are objects with a high probability of suffering from mental illness. Psychological stress trauma, physical abuse, psychological abuse, and unequal stimulation in the environment, for a long time. The unstable mental state is not properly relieved, and then it turns into a mental disorder.

The severity ranges from mild to severe, and the symptoms are different according to the type, abnormal mood and behavior, self-harm tendency, suicidal intention, or inability to control one's own actions, hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, memory impairment, loss of general perception judgment, Not even being able to live alone, not having the ability to take care of oneself, and surviving in society is a problem.

There are many explanations for congenital nature. In addition to neurological diseases, differences in the structure and operation of the brain, and family genetic inheritance such as common diseases, if there are many family members with mental diseases, the probability of suffering will be greatly increased. Physiological mental disorder factors, which are in a tense environment for a long time, such as suffering from the onset behavior of sick family members, and neurotic emotional bombardment, will also cause a lot of psychological effects.

With the rapid progress of society nowadays, people are chased by things that cannot be controlled, they do not have time to properly organize their emotions, they are in a tense state at any time, and genetic factors and neurological defects and diseases are excluded. Psychological problems caused by stress or trauma, such as: depression , bipolar depression, and anxiety have almost become the civilization diseases of modern people. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an "epidemic". There are more than 23 million people in Taiwan, and more than 2 million people are known to have mental disorders. It does not include patients who are not aware of the disease and refuse to seek medical treatment. If the number of patients is all added up, it may far exceed your imagination.

With benign promotion and knowledge establishment, most of today's people have dispelled the myth of mental illness. Mental illness is not contagious, nor can it be solved by saying "don't think too much". Psychological problems can cause a lot of physical problems. Influence, decreased judgment ability, inexplicable physical pain, slow action and thinking, innate physiological problems of the brain and nervous system, resulting in emotional out of control, inability to take care of yourself, and even many unexpected complications, severe enough to require medication, Then with proper psychological treatment, like all diseases, the mentally ill is just sick.

Is it cool to be mentally ill? Is it trendy?

At the same time, these correct ideas are gradually accepted by the public. I have found some problems, especially in the young group. The average age of patients with mental disorders is decreasing. It seems that mental illness has become a "popular" among young people. It seems that it is cool to have mental illnesses such as depression and bipolar disorder. Everyone should have it, so as to be what they call "depressed youth".

As offensive and rude as it may sound, I think most young people are mostly feigning sickness, making terrifying cuts on their hands with a utility knife, and taking a photo with a black-and-white filter. , upload it to my own social network platform, from time to time I say that I want to die, and do some self-harm games that seem to be suicide but not die. I know that I need comfort when I am in a complicated and sad mood, but I always put mental illness on the list. I can't understand it when I talk about it like a glorious propaganda, and say "I'm sick" when I see people.

Most of the mentally ill people I know hope that they can live well and work hard to find a way to integrate into this society. Regarding the matter of suffering from mental illness, they can avoid talking about it. The wounds are hidden under the clothes, and they face everyone with a smile. After talking to the doctor, they cry like a newborn child. What's more, some patients have lost their general perception ability and can't control their own behavior. I can't say a complete sentence. It may only be giggling and hallucinations, and I don't know why I cry. There is no reason to smash my head anywhere.

my past as a psychiatrist

When I was still a psychiatrist, there were not so many people who would treat mental illnesses. Even if they knew they had a problem, they would hide it well. They were sent to a mental hospital because they didn't want to be regarded as "abnormal" by others. Most of the patients treated are demented elderly people with abnormal behaviors, and children with natural nervous system damage. From childhood to adulthood, they are called "madmen" by others and even the closest family members all their lives. They will grab their own excrement and litter it. Accidentally hurting myself, making noises, smiling on my face, but actually crying in my heart.

I have also done psychological counseling for the policeman who shot the wanted criminal. He faced the responsibility of taking care of his brother and countless self-blame at the same time. In the end, he could not escape his own psychological problems and committed suicide by drinking a gun. I have been with his family for many years and have treated him He, his eldest brother, also treated his youngest brother. His youngest brother was bullied because of intellectual problems, and his throat was hurt by malicious pesticides, which caused psychological problems. He is no longer willing to speak. I can only use painting and simple sign language Having a conversation with him, his eldest brother was sent to the mental hospital where I was working due to many external influences and a natural mental abnormality. He had an innate immune disease in his body. Due to long-term drug interactions He was treated and eventually died in a mental hospital due to organ failure.

After all this time, I will no longer be a psychiatrist. The past too close to the patient is the death point of the doctor.

Therefore, I have always taken mental illness very seriously. All patients are human, normal people who can cry and laugh. They all want to live and cannot control the direction of their lives. I can feel their hearts. While struggling, people outside said they were crazy, and they all listened to them in their hearts. They were locked in a huge white cage, accompanied by a barred window. One second before they died, they were still asking with their eyes, why.

Respect mental illness, it's just a disease

I agree that today's young people are friendly towards mental illness, and it is not a mistake to promote it, but it is pointless to promote the trend, regard mental illness as a trend, and put a stamp on yourself as a "depressed youth", so as to gain attention and Friendship is not a good way to treat mental illness. Unlike treatment in a mental hospital, there are a series of examinations, psychological tests, intelligence tests, blood draws, electrocardiograms, etc. They can find any kind of mental illness or emotional disorder in Wikipedia. , borderline personality disorder, apply similar symptoms, go to small clinics to talk to doctors, take sleeping pills, anti-anxiety, depression drugs, and then tell others that they are sick and need to be treated well, but do not actively cooperate with treatment , just took a lot of medicine, made a lot of wounds on his body, and laughed so happily.

Especially the name of melancholia is screwed up by these people. This is a disease, not a proof. Emotional confusion can cause all kinds of hallucinations, and it has a serious impact on physiology. Pain, numbness, memory loss, insomnia, physical state The worsening of the situation, the alternating side effects of a variety of drugs is actually very painful. Depression is not used to brag and comfort. The patients who are really branded with F329 and F5109 just want to get rid of the ravages of those drugs, have a good dream, and do not want to be hurt again. , hoping to be rescued from being caught in the whirlpool of repetition.

Of course, I only target those who pretend to be sick and treat mental illness as a child's play. It's not fun to hurt yourself. The most important thing is to enrich your personality and inner self. You don't need to use mental illness as a name or a nickname. If you are really sick, take medicine, The process of treatment, recovery, and drug withdrawal is extremely long, and you will very much want to give up halfway. You feel that you will only take tens of thousands of drugs in your life. Especially the withdrawal symptoms are also uncomfortable. Drug dependence caused by long-term medication will make you feel sick in the middle of the night. I woke up in a cold sweat, my whole body felt like being bitten, and my sense organs were twisted together until I was convulsing and overwhelmed the pain. The most uncomfortable thing was the struggle of my soul, I wanted to be a normal person, I wanted to live an ordinary life, and I wanted to take good control. Emotions, wanting to be redeemed.

I once saw a psychiatrist's confession in a medical program. If a doctor is saving the patient's life, then the psychiatrist is saving the patient's soul. For a psychiatrist, he can watch his own treatment. The recovery and even discharge of a patient are the happiest things in life. The healing process is extremely long. Accompanying the patient from pain to release, the soul is truly free, no longer bound by any sudden emotions, and I hope that the patient Don't go into a mental hospital again, always be a happy person, and don't get hurt again.

Just be an ordinary person, just human

If possible, who wants to be a "neuropathy" and be called a "madman", life is easy for ordinary people, but mentally ill patients have to put in tens of thousands of times of effort to barely achieve this goal, please do it. Healthy and complete people, don’t have a deeper misunderstanding about mental illness. If you are sick, you must go to the doctor. If you are not sick, don’t pretend to be sick. If your family and friends encounter these problems, please accompany them well. Comfort him when he needs it, don't have to talk too much, what's more important is to listen, understand his situation, laugh with him after he finishes crying, and look at mentally ill patients with the same eyes, they are just sick, And it will take a long time to recover, five, ten, thirty years, or even a lifetime, please don't abandon them, everyone is equally lovely and just human.

Illness is painful after all. You don’t want to be controlled by drugs, nor should it be regarded as a trend. Otherwise, people who are sick are reluctant to take medicine and see a doctor, and people who are not sick pretend to be sick and go to the doctor happily. Medicine, denial and non-denial are reversed, it seems too absurd.

Being mentally ill is not a sin, and being mentally ill is not a symbol. There is no right or wrong, only misunderstanding.

• F329 is the unspecified ICD-10 diagnostic code for single episode of major depressive disorder
• (Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified)
• F5109 ICD-10 Diagnostic Code for Other Insomnia Caused by Non-Material or Physiological Conditions
• (Other insomnia not due to a substance or known physiological condition)

The part about the symptoms of mental illness is only a general description, but it explains the details of the disease, and respects all psychiatrists who treat mental patients. The diagnosis must have a professional judgment. It mainly discusses people who abuse the name of the disease and impose the title of mental illness on themselves. , the health of body and mind is the most important thing.

I am Dai Yusheng. I have not been a psychiatrist for many years, and now I only do psychotherapy for the family members of Chen Yuan.

The most important thing in my life is to remember to open the window.

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