Depression and nostalgia are often confused between people. However, these differ above all in terms of intensity and associated consequences. But after all, how are they distinguished?
For many, to say that someone is drugged is equivalent to considering that person below human dignity, is to look at him as a dangerous being, manipulative, at times, almost a despicable animal. However, this is in addition that does not choose social conditions, age, gender or race.
There is a myth that it takes willpower and motivation to control an illness such as depression. People, in their good intentions, repeat to the person that he/she has to react, to be encouraged, to do and to happen. However, they do not know the dimension of the depressive's impotence to fulfill what they ask of him.
Work is one of the ways to exercise citizenship, so the negative effects of unemployment can be diverse. Many psychologists believe that occupation is associated with the worker's health, since it also means socialization, security, social recognition and can reinforce the worker's sense of control over his life. Thus, the absence of work added to the financial and social restrictions imposed in this situation can directly impact the emotions of the population.
Self-mutilation is a behavior (dependence) in which physical suffering is self-inflicted through knives, scissors, cigarette butts and other elements of torture, applying cuts and burns to the body, so that the pain can somehow alleviate the torment that the psychological part is suffering from. Let's look at some associated myths and truths.
According to the WHO (World Health Organization), Europe leads the world in alcohol consumption, with an average of 9.8 liters of pure alcohol per person registered in 2018. Surpassing this average, Portugal occupies the 13th place worldwide in terms of consumption of pure alcohol per capita, with an average of 12.3 liters. The percentage of abstainers (that is, people who do not consume alcohol excessively) is around 18.6% of men and 32% of women in Portugal; percentage considerably higher than the European average (5.6% and 13.5%, respectively).