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I want to use the remaining days of this week to share with you,my experience in life, both the good/bad and the ugly.
Today I bring you a post about an illness that is somewhat unknown, but in the past it was a big problem for me.

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For sure , very few know of "Dysthymia", much less its symptoms, besides the people who suffers it don't usually talk about it, since it is a little uncomfortable to explain something that you do not understand....

Surely you've had or have heard about Depression... ,Properly Dysthymia is a chronic form of depression, but for those who do not know this term.

Depression refers to a mental illness or disorder where the patient suffers from a deep sadness,
emotional decay, low self-esteem and many other symptoms.

Dysthymia is usually characterized by symptoms much milder than depression, but its duration is much longer, which usually affects the person's daily life.

MY EXPERIENCE

When I was a teenager, I had a couple of family problems that were causing major problems in my adolescence. It was not until 2016 when the shock of dropping out of the university(college) made me lose my sense of life. I had fallen into a very serious depression where my lack of mood and low self-esteem made me feel bad for several months, I cried a lot every day, I used to bother easily and when I was faced with a problem I felt cornered and could not find more solution. I wish I knew @air-clinic ,it took me some time before I made up my mind to visit a doctor face to face. I was referred to a psychologist and to a psychiatrist. In 2017 I was diagnosed with Dysthymia, and although my condition was not serious, this circumstance made disasters in my life. The constant fights at home, the loss of a loved one, even to go to the bathroom was one of the stressed causing problems I faced, cause it gives me enough time to think and use shape objects( shaving blades)
I participated in psychiatric and psychological therapies for months....

Causes and effects ...

Dysthymia, as I understand it;

  is a condition that can occur 
 under a biochemical, genetic or 
 environmental regime.

The most severe effects are problems to relate, loss of mood, suicidal behavior, social isolation among others. In my case I get to cut myself in my episodes of depression and at other times the nerves and anxiety made me literally crazy.

 You can not confuse an 
 episode of sadness with
 Dysthymia.

This is totally true, not all people who are sad or discouraged suffer from dysthymia... The clinical picture of dysthymia includes eating disorders, sleep disorders(insomnia), energy deficit, inability to concentrate, pessimism, and suicidal ideas. Although a person who is under a lot of stress and pressure may present some of these symptoms, it is not correct to think that he has this disorder yet it is a good idea to visit a psychologist from time to time to do a checkup and release the pressures of the daily life.


"With regard to the cuts of my skin ..."
Very few people know about this issue and although it is somewhat embarrassing for me, but I have to share it all....my experience might be of help to someone out there.

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They were moments of great anxiety, and I can not say with certainty when I started doing it, I just remember that feeling which calmed my anxiety when I did it, I cut my skin with blades, a very particular and big scar was left on my left hand as I remember a past, scar that I cut off my skin with a blade because I was very..... I know what many will think ... "you're crazy", "how rare are you?"... I just can not explain why I started doing it, I just know that I somehow became addicted, and it cost me a lot to leave those bad habits.

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"...cutting my skin was not a remedy and much less a recommendation,cut off is not good,if you are of this people you must stop doing it,your present body is all you have,you wouldn't switch into another like a snail..."

Treatments...

Most patients work intensively to detect the causes of such disease, particularly with cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychotherapy. In other cases the drugs are of great help. It is very common for one of the therapies to be continuously talking with the person about their concerns. In my case it was very helpful to talk with someone who listened to me without looking strange, and gave meaning to what I felt at that time, fortunately I did not require medication and although it took me several months to be stable, I managed it and it is very strange when I relapse without mood in bed.

How can you avoid it?.

Honestly, it's not something you can foresee as such, but you can certainly avoid it. Stress is one of the main causes, not only of dysthymia and depression, but is the source of many diseases, so avoiding stress is one of the main tips for your emotional well-being.
Sometimes attending a psychologist does not hurt, although many believe that psychologists and psychiatrists are only for crazy people, it's not true! Psychological therapies are of great help for co-existence and daily life.
Getting angry for the frequent things does not solve anything but rather leads to a lot. Keep calm, try to focus on all the good things in life...starting from you being alive.
Talking about anger; the definition of anger from my therapist went a long way in helping me leave above it.....

ANGER to him is; punishing your dear 
self for some other persons mistake(s).

I am currently a healthy person, I no longer cut myself, I'm no longer under constant stress, my experience helped me to value all I have and to realize that life must be lived one step at a time. I lost many important things last year because of this condition, I was in many doctors office's trying to fight stress.
I fought a good fight,winning my fight helped me keep calm.....and the gift of #steemit.com has helped me a lot in keeping calm,today I'm sound minded, happy, calmed and hopeful of tomorrow.

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