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588: You may have high-functioning depression & not even know it | Judith Joseph, M.D., M.B.A.

2025/4/13
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我经常被问到高功能抑郁症的定义。临床抑郁症是指出现抑郁症状(例如情绪低落、睡眠障碍、食欲改变、精力下降、注意力不集中、内疚感、绝望感等),并且这些症状导致功能障碍或显著痛苦。但如果有人虽然符合抑郁症状,却表现出过度功能,或者没有意识到痛苦,甚至麻木自己,该怎么办?传统的做法是等到他们崩溃后再进行治疗,但我认为这是一种错误的模式。高功能抑郁症是指即使存在抑郁症状,患者仍然表现出过度功能。这可能是因为他们用忙碌来转移痛苦,或者这是他们文化或成长环境的习惯。 高功能抑郁症的细微迹象包括快感缺失(对曾经感兴趣的事物失去兴趣和快乐)、空虚感以及静止不动时的烦躁不安,需要一直忙碌。快感缺失是一个重要的信号,但我们常常忽略它。此外,忙碌可能是未处理创伤的一种表现,它会让人们感到不值得,并促使他们不断追求成就感,最终导致整个生活方式都变得忙碌。 快乐感与快乐体验不同,人们常常追求快乐(理想),却忽略了日常生活中体验快乐(感受)的机会。专注于当下体验,例如细嚼慢咽,能够释放多巴胺。人们常常陷入“快乐延迟”的陷阱中,不断追求未来的快乐,而忽略了当下体验快乐的机会,这与快感缺失有关。 文化上,男性更倾向于病态的生产力,而女性更倾向于取悦他人。这与社会文化和资本主义有关,但无论男女,如果难以放慢速度,并且过度关注角色扮演而非自我存在,都应该反思自己的情绪处理方式。 要区分生活中“有价”的事物和“无价”的事物,专注于后者,例如家人、社区和有意义的事业,才能找到人生的意义和目标。我的个人经历表明,与他人建立联系,特别是家人和团队成员,对于避免感到空虚和烦躁至关重要。 我通过定期与团队成员、家人和治疗师沟通,以及关注身体信号(例如肌肉紧张或心率变化),来进行自我调整。打破忙碌的循环需要持续的努力,而儿童和老年人更容易获得快乐,因为他们更专注于基本的需求和体验。 了解快乐的科学,即了解哪些因素会减少快乐,并利用书中提供的工具,例如“五个V”,来提升快乐感。“五个V”(验证、发泄、价值观、愿景、活力)能够帮助人们获得并保持快乐。重要的是要认识到,这些方法并非易事,需要持续的努力和自我反思。

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High-functioning depression is characterized by experiencing symptoms of depression while maintaining a high level of outward functionality. It often goes unnoticed due to its subtle signs and the individual's ability to over-function, masking the underlying condition.
  • High-functioning depression involves experiencing symptoms of depression (low mood, sleep disturbances, appetite changes, etc.) but maintaining a high level of outward functionality.
  • Individuals may over-function as a coping mechanism or due to cultural expectations.
  • This condition often goes unnoticed because it doesn't manifest in the traditional ways we expect depression to present.

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“Let's not wait for people to break down. Let's give them the tools to prevent a breakdown,” explains Judith Joseph, M.D., M.B.A.

Joseph, board-certified psychiatrist, researcher, and author, joins us today to discuss the subtle signs of high-functioning depression, the 5 tools to truly thrive, plus so much more: 

  • What is high-functioning depression (~1:55) 

  • The subtle signs of depression (~5:25)

  • The hedonic treadmill (~7:15)

  • Unprocessed trauma (~12:30)

  • People pleasing & pathological productiveness (~15:00)

  • Price tags vs priceless (~19:10) 

  • Joseph’s personal story (~21:30)

  • How to reset (~23:45)

  • Joy & childhood (~27:35)

  • The 5 V’s to thriving (~29:30)

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