Talking about DEPRESSION

Hello people good night! This is Dani Du, Daniela Duarte. I decided to do this live to talk about depression. I've seen a lot about this topic on Facebook and Instagram. Several friends have talked about this. In the media we have also seen cases of suicide recently. Some start with a mild depression or depression in disguise, others with a deep depression.

Today, again, looking at my social media, I saw another report from a friend talking about suffering from depression. And what draws attention is that, often, the person who suffers does not have chronic symptoms. It is not a person who does not work, who is lying on a bed, who is in a hospital, who is in a vegetative state. Apparently, it is not a person who has symptoms of the disease.

I myself had depression many years ago, in different periods of my life: at 16, when I started to have hair loss; and then, in her early 20s, she came back. Anyone who has had depression once has this predisposition. You can have it again at any time. Today I am 41 years old and, thank God, I was no longer the way I was in these two periods of my life.

After we have it once, we have to always be on the lookout. We can't wait to get to a critical case. We can't drop the shuttlecock! And each one knows the trigger that fires you to reach a crisis, at rock bottom. What to do to not get to that point is that it's the "cat jump". I'm not here to give recipes to anyone, because I'm not an expert either. In fact, I am a person who has had this problem before and who struggles not to have it again, because it is very bad.

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For me, another thing that triggers is very strong stress. Everyone will know their trigger. People or places you need to avoid, that send you into a low mood. The main thing is to take care of yourself, to prioritize yourself. One thing I had difficulty doing was prioritizing myself: I always wanted to help others. Being too available for the other is not cool. Talking with some friends, we noticed these commonalities, which make a person fall into a depression. How am I going to be able to take care of the other if I'm not okay with myself?

Depression can get worse. So, when we realize that we are getting into a depressive state, it is important to change the environment, what is making you sick. And each one, deep down, will know what it is. It's having the courage to change what needs to be changed. It can be a relative, it can be company, it can be a friend: if it's not doing you well, give it a break. Prioritize yourself.

I wanted to share a little bit because it's a subject that has been appearing a lot on social networks of very close people. And not everyone looks for a way out. I had an acquaintance of mine who reached the critical point of taking his own life. It felt like it had happened all of a sudden, but it isn't. Never is. Sometimes, the person takes it for a while, doesn't vent, doesn't talk to anyone, doesn't seek help from a specialist and the situation only gets worse. And today, in this period of financial and labor crisis in the country, things can get worse, yes.

The main thing is that you take care of yourself, prioritize yourself, look more, take care of yourself more. That's it. A kiss and let's go! It cost.