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Dr. Judith Joseph | Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy

2025/5/27
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Dr. Judith Joseph:作为一名研究者,我发现许多人在经历抑郁症状,但由于他们没有完全崩溃,他们没有得到支持。这些人通常表现出过度工作,为他人付出,是家庭或工作中的支柱。他们通过保持忙碌来应对内心的痛苦。我开始创建内容,因为我意识到很多人都在默默挣扎,但他们没有得到支持。我的研究表明,未解决的过去痛苦和创伤与高功能抑郁症之间存在高度相关性。与倦怠不同,高功能抑郁症与工作场所无关,即使将患者从工作场所移开,他们仍然会保持忙碌。我开发了五种V方法,帮助人们重新获得快乐,包括验证、发泄、价值观、生命体征和愿景。通过了解自己的生物心理社会模型,人们可以更好地识别和解决导致他们失去快乐的因素。我强调,快乐是人类与生俱来的权利,我们应该积极地去追求和维护它。 Dr. Judith Joseph:我将阐述“高功能”在心理健康中的含义。临床抑郁症的诊断需要满足一系列症状,包括情绪低落和快感缺失等。如果一个人没有完全崩溃或失去功能,他们就不符合抑郁症的诊断标准。许多人在经历抑郁症状,但由于他们没有崩溃,他们没有得到支持,他们通过保持忙碌来应对。我开始创建内容,因为我意识到很多人都在默默挣扎,但他们没有得到支持。我关于高功能抑郁症的视频被观看了超过2000万次,这表明很多人都有这种经历。对人们的经历进行研究验证非常重要,这样他们才能感到被看见,并且可以为他们的经历创建支持。高功能和倦怠之间的区别在于,高功能抑郁症与未解决的过去痛苦和创伤有关。人们更容易接受“倦怠”这个词,而不是“抑郁”。我的研究发现,未解决的过去痛苦、未解决的过去创伤与高功能抑郁症之间存在高度相关性。创伤的一个症状是回避,而高功能抑郁症患者通过忙碌来回避。倦怠是一种工作场所现象,而高功能抑郁症与工作场所无关,即使将患者从工作场所移开,他们仍然会保持忙碌。倦怠是由环境引起的,而高功能抑郁症是个人内在的,导致他们保持忙碌。当我与高功能抑郁症患者交谈时,我会问他们,当他们静坐时是否感到不安,当他们不忙时是否感到空虚。快感缺失是人们不知道存在的另一个术语。给人们的经历贴上标签,给他们一个术语,这本身就是一种治疗方法。如果你知道你正在经历的是什么,你就会知道该怎么做,你知道你在和什么打交道,然后你就可以开始计划。

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Dr. Joseph explains high-functioning depression, a condition where individuals experience depressive symptoms but maintain outward functionality. She differentiates it from burnout, highlighting the role of unresolved trauma and the importance of validating these experiences through scientific research and naming the condition.
  • High-functioning depression involves experiencing most depressive symptoms but not significant distress or functional impairment.
  • It's often linked to unresolved past trauma and avoidance through busyness.
  • Differentiated from burnout, which is workplace-related and improves with environmental change, high-functioning depression persists even outside the workplace.

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Board-certified psychiatrist, researcher, and award-winning content creator Dr. Judith Joseph joins Google to discuss her book, “High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy.” Dr. Joseph draws on original research, client cases, and her own personal struggles with high-functioning depression to demystify this poorly understood condition. Her five simple tools – The Five V’s – will help you understand the science of your happiness and empower you to reclaim your life and joy. Dr. Joseph is the chair of the Women in Medicine initiative at Columbia University, a Clinical Assistant Professor in child and adolescent psychiatry at NYU, and Principal Investigator at Manhattan Behavioral Medicine. She was awarded with the Congress Proclamation Award by the US House of Representatives in 2023 for her social media advocacy and mental health research. In 2024, she taught a Workplace Mental Health Course to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. She uses her platform of over 1 million followers to educate her community about mental health topics. She also trains doctors at NYU about how to use various forms of media to educate the public about mental health issues. Watch this episode at youtube.com/TalksAtGoogle).