Depression is no longer an unfamiliar term, it sneaks into our lives like a demon.
The other day, when I went back to my hometown, I suddenly met the neighbor's cuteness, a beautiful 18-year-old girl. I am very surprised, shouldn't this time be a hurry to prepare for the college entrance examination? Meng Meng from childhood well-behaved and sensible, the results are also particularly good, is recognized by everyone as "other people's children", she was admitted to our best experimental high school here two years ago, it is said that it is the top students of each school, as long as they are admitted to this school, it is equivalent to stepping into the door of a key university with one foot.
Since Meng Meng went to high school, she rarely returned to her hometown. Her mother rented a house nearby, specially accompanied by reading, making three meals a day a day, carefully serving Meng Meng, afraid that a little inattentiveness would affect her children's learning. Meng Meng is also quite contentious, basically maintaining the top ten in the class. Every time her mother went back to her hometown, she praised her for half a day in front of her neighbors! What's wrong with Meng Meng now? I looked over, my cute eyes no longer had the same look as before, my little face was yellow, I didn't say a word, I just stared down at the book in my hand.
My cute mother pulled me outside, her eyes red, and said to me with a crying voice:
"The doctor said that she was too stressed and depressed, and she almost committed suicide several times, but fortunately I found out early! I am afraid that I will not be able to participate in this year's college entrance examination! ”
"Oh my God! How can this be? ”
"Meng Meng is so strong, every night to stay up late to brush the problem to a point before sleeping, the result is less than half a year, not only the grades have not improved, the sleep state is getting worse and worse, and then even the meal is too lazy to eat, the words do not like to say, all day also said that the exam can not be tested and do not want to live."
"The teacher saw her like this and suggested that we take her to see a psychologist, who said that Meng Meng was already a severe depressed person. If you do not intervene, you may commit suicide at any time. ”
After Meng Meng's mother said this, the tears fell.
My heart is also sour, not a taste.
I had to comfort her a few words, come to Japan for a long time, this year does not test the same as next year, first cure the disease is important.
Depression is terrible, forcing such a good child into this. Today's middle school students are under too much pressure to learn, and many children have mental illness. According to reports, about 250,000 people die by suicide every year in our country, more than half of whom suffer from depression, and the proportion of adolescents is gradually increasing. Is depression really a flood beast? How do we look at depression with lighthearted humor?
I think of a novel I recently read, "It's a Little Funny to Say," which also tells a story about depression, but it doesn't feel heavy at all. Craig, a 15-year-old boy in the United States, has just entered high school, suffered from depression because of the huge pressure of study, wanted to vomit as soon as he ate, could not sleep every day, and wanted to commit suicide when he was in pain. Fortunately, he called the suicide hotline at the last minute and was placed in a psychiatric hospital for treatment. In these short 5 days, Craig relaxed, and in the midst of this group of "failed people", he finally found the meaning of living.
The author of "It's a Little Ridiculous" is the young American writer Ned Wizzini, who has been writing for New York Press since he was 15 years old. In 2006, the book made it onto the New York Times bestseller list. At the same time as writing the book, he also participated in the creation of several screenplays, which were highly praised by the famous American director Chris Columbus: Ned was the perfect collaborator, with excellent imagination and natural sense of humor. Indeed, Ned's writing style is a bit cold and humorous, and depression becomes interesting in his pen and less frustrating. The book was written by him based on his own real-life experience, and he spent 5 days in the adult area of the mental ward.
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Two years ago, Craig was admitted to Pre-Employment Management Training High School, one of the best in Manhattan. Craig, who was admitted to high school, was supposed to be the happiest person in the world, but he became overwhelmed and felt worse and worse. Because he felt that he could not keep up with the rhythm in school, the other classmates were much smarter than him. All of his classmates seemed to be geniuses, and Craig tried his best to get to 93rd. He had to admit that he was just an ordinary person. Every day I come home with a whole bunch of homework to do, and as soon as I see it, Craig thinks, "I'm not capable of doing this," and one thought after another swirls in his head. Ever since he started having this spin, he couldn't sleep anymore. In the third month after entering high school, at the dinner table, Mom and Dad asked about his homework, and Craig vomited for the first time because of stress. At this point he began to realize that he might be suffering from depression.
Craig's parents were very gentle and enlightened, helped him find a psychologist, prescribed some antidepressant drugs "Zoloft" back, he began to take medicine every day, for a long time did not have depression again, Craig was able to eat normally, insomnia also improved. When he had finished the last tablet, Craig threw away the bottle and said to himself, "Everything is all right." Unfortunately, two months later, the condition recurred. That night, he suddenly had the idea of killing himself. Fortunately, at his weakest juncture, he took a book from the bookshelf, "How to Survive in Lost Love", and it was this book that saved him. Following the instructions in the book, he found the local suicide hotline, and then went to the hospital and was placed in the adult psychiatric ward.
In this strange space, Craig meets many people who are treated here for various mental illnesses. One of the girls who cut her own face with a knife, Noel, was in high school like him and was a very beautiful girl. She also came in voluntarily, Noel was very moving, and Craig fell in love with her at first sight.
In painting therapy, Noel encourages Craig to boldly draw things from his childhood memories. It was this idea that helped Craig awaken his childhood dream, when he was a child he loved to draw maps and never drew again when he grew up. It was a unique expression that lurked in his memory, and it seemed to him that everyone had a city in their brain. Noel broke the barrier in Craig's mind, and he felt happy that he could sleep peacefully without the aid of drugs. 5 days later Craig can be discharged from the hospital, the day he left he sent everyone in the ward a painting, he also thought clearly about the problems that have been bothering him, he had to transfer to paint, that is the way to make him happiest and happiest. Noel was the most beautiful encounter in the accident.
Craig said, "I'm not curing anything, but a huge change has quietly happened." I felt my body full of strength. An inexplicable "spring of water" rushed straight to the very top of my spine. I heard the beating bodies of my heart again that Saturday morning, and they told me that I didn't really want to die. ”
Everything is back to normal, eating, sleeping, hugging, kissing, and living seriously from now on!
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For depression problems in adolescents, it is important to seek the right psychological intervention, actively see a psychologist, and take medication on time. In addition, it is inseparable from the inclusive understanding and support of the people around you. The warmest in "Funny to Say" are Craig's parents and sister, who care deeply about him, help Craig as much as they can, and help him find several psychologists for counseling, never complaining. He was very thankful to know that it was he who had taken the initiative to go to the psychiatric hospital, and thanked Craig for choosing the right way. Knowing that he wanted to transfer, he also fully supported it. The teacher also called to say that he could return to the campus at any time when he recovered and would not be expelled. Noel encouraged him to be brave enough to be himself. It was the unparalleled love of his relatives that brought Craig back into the sun. Nourished by love, any depression will disappear.
No matter how many difficulties and troubles you encounter, living is a beautiful thing. It's the annual college entrance examination season again, I hope that our children will be strong and brave to face, and I hope that all parents will accept all the results calmly, as long as they live, there is hope. Depression is not terrible, in Ned Wizzini's eyes, "no matter how bad life is, there are always happy things happening." "It's a little funny to say, it's a book that's important to young people — insightful and completely authentic, and recommended for teenagers to read, it will definitely make him laugh."