Statistics say that women are much more likely to suffer from depression. However, experts have a different opinion. Due to some peculiarities, a man is less likely to seek medical help when he discovers certain symptoms. How to recognize depression in a man?
Male depression is often mistaken for an age crisis or dire nature. But when you go to a specialist and the period of fulfillment of all his prescriptions, all the symptoms disappear very soon. Therefore, sometimes you should be more attentive to the men around you. And if some signs appear, try to immediately refer them to a doctor for consultation or treatment.
Some parents are sure that if you forbid the boy to cry, then when he grows up he will be able to completely control his emotions and own feelings. There is an opinion that a real man does not shed tears, and if he allows himself to do this, it means that he is not a man at all. As a result, society has created a special attitude towards the stronger sex, which is supposedly able to take care of itself and does not need any help.
Extreme and doping as symptoms of male depression
Through research into the onset of depression, it has been found that men try to express their feelings and experiences through extreme hobbies, through dangerous sports or through the use of hard liquor.
It is simply impossible for men with a tendency to depressive syndrome to obtain “quiet” pleasures from other activities or work.
As a result, a man becomes dependent on receiving a kind of "doping", which makes it possible to express suppressed emotions and feelings.
Insomnia can be a symptom of depression
It is important to note: if a man has suffered a serious illness, for example, a stroke or heart attack, he had a hypertensive crisis or cerebrovascular accident, the likelihood of depression is very high.
The symptoms of the disease are:
- insomnia;
- fast fatiguability;
- irritability;
- increased anxiety;
- unfounded fears;
- bouts of rage or aggression.
Most often, a man pays attention only to poor falling asleep, difficult awakening or a complete lack of sleep. And if he comes to the doctor's office, he asks to prescribe "sleep pills" for him, because otherwise everything is fine with him. He usually does not want to conduct a full examination, and he does not associate his irritability or aggression with the onset of the development of depression. But in this case, it will not be possible to do only with traditional medicines for insomnia. It requires taking antidepressants, carried out exclusively under the supervision of a specialist.
The most difficult thing is to convince and explain to a man that he needs therapy with this medication in order not only to get rid of sleep problems, but also to feel “in full bloom”.
Male beliefs
Doctors, when contacting patients with suspected depression, conduct testing. A person needs to fill out a short questionnaire with certain questions for which a specialist makes a diagnosis. The most interesting thing is that men very often refuse to undergo the methods. There are many reasons for this, sometimes they are even absurd.
In fact, a man does not want to be disappointed in himself. He is convinced that if suddenly he is diagnosed with depression, then he is no longer capable of anything and can no longer be called “normal”.
Unlike women, men suffering from depression can even remain too active, while their activity sometimes destroys everything around and, above all, himself.
Studies have shown that a man with depression becomes:
- irritable;
- conflicting;
- quarrelsome;
- aggressive;
- quick-tempered;
- showing hostile intentions not only towards others, but also towards themselves.
With all this, men try to "save face" and demonstrate enthusiasm for their business or work, although in fact all this may be a complete rejection of themselves.
If you find some of the symptoms in your man, it's time to think that this is not a "stupid character", but the onset of a disease that can be successfully cured by seeking medical help.
