What are the self-treatment methods for moderate depression?

Depression is a common disease in life. When many people find themselves suffering from depression, it is usually in the moderate stage. So, how can moderate depression be treated by oneself?

1. Improve the relationship between family members and analyze and remove negative stimuli.

The family is a collective, and the patient is only a part of the collective. A disharmonious family, or the bad tendencies and bad behaviors of some members can constitute some adverse stimuli, which promote the formation of diseases. In the treatment and care of patients with depression, family members should analyze and find the root causes of the patient's illness, jointly remove the adverse stimuli, improve the relationship between family members, and create a harmonious family environment. This is the key to family treatment and care of patients with depression.

2. Strengthen psychological care to prevent patients from committing suicide

Patients with obvious depression symptoms often have suicidal thoughts, so they must be accompanied by someone. The companion must be considerate, caring, and able to understand the patient's state of mind. Through conversation with the patient, the patient can be induced to confide his inner secrets or pain, and understand what the patient cares about most, needs most, and is most worried about, so as to try to provide help and solve the problem. At the same time, the patient should be advised to face reality and not worry too much about anything, let nature take its course, and enhance self-confidence and confidence in overcoming the disease. Pay attention to observe the patient's emotional changes and abnormal words and deeds. If the patient is found to have a pessimistic idea, or the depression state suddenly improves significantly, he should be observed more closely to prevent the patient from committing suicide. At this time, you should put away dangerous items at home (knife, scissors, ropes, medicines, etc.) just in case.

3. Sleep care

Depressed patients often suffer from insomnia, with difficulty falling asleep and early awakening being the most common symptoms. They often feel anxious and restless before falling asleep. At this time, family members should accompany, comfort and advise them more often, which can make the patients feel safe, and anxiety can be easily eliminated, which will also help the patients sleep. Depressed patients often suffer from early awakening, and most of them commit suicide in the early morning, so patients who wake up early must be given medication to control their sleep and prolong their sleep time.