I quit the company four times due to depression .
I know that people with depression are seriously ill, but even when compared to other symptoms, the objective facts of depression have been revealed.
Depression and anxiety can cause the development of other dangerous illnesses, according to scientists at the University of California. Depending on the degree of adverse effects on the body, this disorder is comparable to obesity and smoking.
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In people with high levels of anxiety and depression, the risk of developing heart disease increased to 65%, the risk of stroke increased to 64%, hypertension 50%, and arthritis 87%.
https://jp.sputniknews.com/science/201903156040353/
Certainly, I was often ill when my depression was at its peak. I didn't get the serious illness as reported, but I often hear about gastric ulcers and polyps caused by stress. In fact, I also suffered from gastric ulcer and treated Helicobacter pylori. Thanks to that, my stomach hurts almost no longer. I feel stressed, though.
It is known that immunity weakens when mental weakness or stress is felt. My immunity is weakened and the risk of infectious diseases increases, and I also have a self-record of being infected with influenza seven times in a year, which I am a little proud of. Your immunity will drop and you will get sick, and the illness will become stressful again, making it worse and delaying recovery, creating a vicious cycle.
I've always said that I'm sick, but this study proves that if you're not right and mentally strong, you're at increased risk of getting sick.
What is the relationship between obesity / smoking and depression?
Compared to obesity and smoking, what are they like?
Obesity is widely known as a risk to lifestyle-related diseases and metabolic syndrome , and obesity increases the burden on the heart and blood vessels, resulting in dyslipidemia and arteriosclerosis . It also increases the risk.
In other words, like depression, the risk of heart disease and cerebral infarction increases.
Smoking is or was, of course, the risk of lung cancer, ischemic heart disease (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, etc.) and cardiovascular diseases such as stroke , or chronic obstructive (political blockage) pulmonary disease (COPD) , such as respiratory It also increases the risk of illness.
In addition, the frustration caused by tobacco nicotine addiction causes stress and adversely affects mental health.
It is true that obesity / smoking and depression have some similarities to the risk of developing the underlying illness, and it is no exaggeration to say that they are as dangerous as obesity and smoking !
In addition, depression has been shown to predispose to obesity. eh? You might think that. You may have the image that "when you get sick, you get sick and thin", but when you suffer from depression, you become lethargic, your eating habits are disturbed, and you become obese with junk food, or you can't sleep at midnight. It seems that there is a risk of becoming obese due to eating sweets.
If you continue to be lethargic, you will lack exercise and obesity will accelerate.
In addition, medicines given by psychiatrists are said to cause obesity.
As mentioned earlier, smoking can also cause stress, so it can be said that obesity and smoking can be one of the causes of depression . It goes without saying that depression can also cause obesity ! It's scary!
Training your mental health can help prevent obesity and quit smoking.
The fact that obesity and smoking and depression have similarities and relationships in physical symptoms, conversely, mental hacking techniques for treating and preventing depression can also prevent obesity and achieve quitting. It can be said that it is effective!
For example, research has shown that the happiness hormone, serotonin, which is a substance in the brain that is good for improving depression, is actually made in the intestines and transported to the brain. Therefore, it has been scientifically proven that improving the intestinal environment is good for improving mental health.
So how do you improve the intestinal environment? It's a story, but it's natural to have a healthy diet.
A nutritionally balanced diet centered on vegetables, the eighth minute of the stomach, proper water intake, etc. The intestinal environment is improved by a diet that has long been considered to be good for health, and Yakult, yogurt, and natto also improve the intestinal environment, and fasting is also effective.
On the contrary, there is a sign that the intestinal environment is bad, "flatulence smells". You might think, "It's natural that a flatulence smells," but it smells like someone else's flatulence, but when you smell your own flatulence, it's dangerous. Be careful. Not only the gastrointestinal tract but also the mental health!
Another way to train your mentality is to improve your self-control. It is an attempt to strengthen the mental strength by training the ability to control oneself, but the characteristic of people who fail to quit smoking is that they have a weak will.
In other words, he has a weak mentality and loses temptation, and because he lacks self-control, he becomes sweet to himself.
It may be a depression reserve army. So if you train your self-control and succeed in quitting smoking, your mental health will be strengthened, the stress caused by smoking will disappear, and the risk of depression will decrease, and you will be two birds with one stone! Hooray!
It's three birds with one stone that if you train your self-control ability, your life will be better and you will be happy!
Summary
Well, some people who smoke and are obese are living a happy life, so it may not be possible to say unconditionally, but I do not know what will happen tomorrow. You may get depressed for some reason.
However, there is no doubt that maintaining a healthy body can prevent depression and various other illnesses, so for that reason, always be aware of your mental health and train your mental health.
"I'm sick"!