psychology: How are men suffer?

In 2001, a German monthly magazine "Psychologie Heute" published representative data on the deep clinical depression, which has exogenous (ie, caused by a specific event). Patients were divided into groups by gender.

Men commit suicide more often than women, 4 times. Specially themselves maim themselves, to bring the mental pain to a more tolerant physical, 8 times more often. Anorexia (refusal of food) happens to them in 2 times more often, and alcohol dependency - 6 times. Criminalize aggression in this period (mostly fights and beatings) are found only in men. Brain men initially produces approximately 20-30% less serotonin, responsible for the sensation of pleasure. When depression effect of this neurohormone is even more diminished.

Depression or prolonged sadness leads people of both sexes to a state of stupefaction. Studies have shown the guru of modern neuroscience, American Antonio Damasio, sad to strike comes less thoughts than those who consider themselves happy or at least ordinary. This is accompanied by depression, a kind of torpor more often with men than with women.

In addition, approximately 19% of men suffering from depression more than eighteen months, diagnosed with clear signs of syndrome, alexithymia, ie complete inability to sensation, perception, understanding and above all to express or verbalize their own emotions. Typical aleksitimiku equally boring that at the funeral, that at the wedding, he did not see any difference in order to give his wife flowers or to give money to make it their very own bought. Neither the wife nor the flowers do not cause it the slightest emotion. As well as money ... Typical, according to psychiatrists, defensive full displacement. The women did not found this syndrome.

Man suffers in another way ...

This paradox - Men's depression is treated much easier for women. The research team from the University of Toronto concluded that the use of placebo instead of an antidepressant in men in half of the cases gives the same therapeutic effect as the use of the antidepressant. This is a surprisingly large percentage. Usually so-called placebo effect works only in 12% of cases. Experiencing emotional distress men really do not need chemicals. They want a faith that something will help. Men can inspire much more than women. They should only want to hear what they say.

But in life, men rarely use these the features. When a man suffers, on the contrary, doing everything to not let on. A call for professional psychological help considers the loss of masculinity. For such cases, as time and there virtual psychologist - A professional who deals counseling using the Internet. When contacting virtual office psychologist You can not leave the house to preserve anonymity and to feel the full psychological security.