The handsome guy Mr. Takasaki walked to his sleeping wife with a knife, his wife Xiaoqing was frightened and quickly grabbed the knife, she felt that her husband was too busy and tired from work, and asked him to ask for leave to go to the hospital to see.

When he arrived at the hospital, Takasaki was diagnosed with depression. The doctor explained that depression refers to Qingqing being in a low state for a long time, and if she can't get out, she will develop depression. The common symptoms of depression are insomnia, tiredness, gains and losses, and some patients also experience shoulder pain, headache, nausea, etc., so depression is also known as a cold of the soul. Xiaoqing asked the doctor how long it would take to take the medicine? The doctor said it would take at least half a year.

Knowing that her husband was suffering from depression, Xiaoqing dug out the diary and found that all the recent abnormalities of her husband may be caused by depression, such as poor appetite, insomnia, snoring, loss of libido, etc.

During dinner in the evening, Takasaki asks about Haru's job, a part-time manga artist who earns money by contributing to publishing houses. But two days ago, the publisher called and said that the feedback from her comic readers was very bad and that she would be suspended next month.

Takasaki said with a serious face: "It's not okay if you don't struggle until the last moment, you always think about the bad when you encounter things, and it's easy to give up easily, which is a bad problem." ”

Xiaoqing said: "Instead of worrying about my work, you should worry about your own body." ”

Her husband was suffering from depression, and Xiaoqing asked him to take a sick leave to take a break, but Takasaki said, "The company has laid off a lot of people, and I won't be able to keep busy if I don't go." ”

Takasaki is a customer service worker for a network hardware manufacturer, and he is very busy at work, and every morning he gets up early to make a bento, neatly arrange the food, meticulously tie the tie, and say goodbye to Xiaoqing and his son.

Until one day, Takasaki forgot to bring his mobile phone, and when Xiaoqing gave him his mobile phone, he found that his husband was in a daze in front of the trash can, and he kept muttering, "These are useless things." Saying goodbye to his wife, Takasaki got on the morning train that was 200% full of the park, and rushed to the company in sweat, but in exchange for being complained by customers and scolded by his boss.

The company has recently laid off employees, and a lot of work is pressed on him, and he does the work of several people by himself, but the busier he is, the more chaotic and chaotic he is, the more wrong he is. The work is out of control, and so is Takasaki.

Although he suffers from depression, Takasaki still feels that this is just his psychological effect, and the enemy is himself. But suddenly, the world was spinning, and he quickly ran to the bathroom to vomit. When he came to the company, he finally mustered up the courage to tell his boss, "I have depression." Colleagues cast strange eyes, and the boss said lightly, "Work is so busy, everyone is almost depressed, don't complain."

Unable to get the understanding of his boss, Takasaki became more and more uncomfortable, and when he came to the rooftop, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and he jumped down so that he could be freed.

At this life-and-death juncture, Takasaki suddenly came back to his senses.

At night, as soon as Takasaki got home, he lay down, his brows furrowed, and he looked extremely painful. Xiaoqing firmly encouraged, "You resign, it's because you're too busy at work that you're sick." Takasaki worried, "If I resign now, my colleagues will be embarrassed." ”

Xiaoqing said, "I don't care if others embarrass me, as long as you are intact, if you don't resign, then we will divorce." ”

Seeing Xiaoqing's serious appearance, Takasaki chose a compromise plan and asked his boss to change him to an odd job, so that he could be more idle. The boss disagreed, and Takasaki could only take out the resignation letter, but the boss shirked that the resignation letter was usually handwritten.

In the evening, Takasaki began to write his resignation letter by hand, but he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the spacing of each word had to be the same. In the end, it took him eight hours to write his resignation letter. Who knew that the boss repented again, "If you suddenly don't do it, we will be in trouble, you should finish the handover before leaving." ”

Takasaki is a person who will not refuse, so he can only agree.

On the other hand, Xiaoqing's comics were officially stopped, and she felt that she was an extremely negative person, and she only liked to draw comics, but she had no confidence all along. Until a man firmly told him, "You have a talent for comics that no one has!" "And that person is Takasaki. Later they got married.

"Xiaoqing, you concentrate on drawing comics, I'll raise you." This is Takasaki's marriage proposal. After getting married, she was protected and cared for by her husband. Now it's time for her to protect her husband.

There are three types of treatment for depression, medication, psychotherapy, and environmental adjustment therapy. Xiaoqing gives her husband eggs, bananas, and natto every day, which is said to increase serotonin production, which improves depression.

Under Xiaoqing's careful care, one day two weeks later, Takasaki suddenly felt in good spirits and in a good mood. While breathing in the fresh air, he sighed with emotion, it turns out that it is winter, and the air is clear and comfortable. It seems that the treatment has worked, and Takasaki seems to have returned to normal, but the doctor poured cold water on him, and depression is like a pendulum, which will be good and bad, and slowly improve in a spiral.

Sure enough, at night, Takasaki began to suffer again, so over and over again, and he didn't know when it would be the end. He asked Xiaoqing to live at her own pace, not to be burdened by him and depressed. But Xiaoqing said positively, it's okay, I will always be with you.

On her husband's last day at work, Xiaoqing decided to accompany her husband, and it was a 200% full train, looking at her husband with a painful expression and gritting his teeth, Xiaoqing said bitterly, "It's been so hard for you for so many years, in my heart, you are the best, husband." When the husband heard this, he cried like a child, ignoring the strange eyes of the people around him.

Xiaoqing finally understood that a person like her husband, who was extremely depressed for the sake of his family, would deny everything about himself if he was no longer understood and no one was sure, and sometimes a word of understanding or encouragement was enough to make him break down and cry.

Takasaki finally left his job, and his colleagues applauded him.

But after resigning, Takasaki's condition did not improve immediately, he had insomnia at night and was sleepy at noon. Xiaoqing asked him to take a nap, but Takasaki felt that he couldn't sleep in the daytime, so he was so sorry for his family and society.

Xiaoqing said, "When you used to go to work, I took a nap every day. Seeing Xiaoqing lying lazily, Takasaki lay down, but he still muttered stiffly, "I feel like no one wants it anymore." ”

Xiaoqing said, "Look at my son, he is lazier than me." Takasaki said, "I also want to be a reptile, and I can adapt to the environment by changing color."

Xiaoqing put her husband's hand on her chest and said softly, "If you become a reptile, you won't be so warm." ”

Xiaoqing draws a husband with a turtle shell, and she feels that her husband is like a turtle, blaming herself every day, saying sorry for everything, as if it was his fault that the sky had fallen. He takes other people's affairs very seriously, but he forgets himself.

On this day, my brother came to visit Takasaki, and he said indifferently, "This guy has been very concerned about trivial things since he was a child, so he has some depression." After saying that, he encouraged Takasaki to work hard. When Takasaki heard this, he immediately covered the turtle cup. He is most afraid that someone will make him work hard, because the more people with depression try to fight, the more they can't get out, and sometimes they give up struggling and do what they want, but they will bottom out.

Time passed day by day, and Takasaki knew very well in his heart that they would not be able to survive long now relying on unemployment insurance. Xiaoqing comforted, "It's okay, I'll go to work." ”

Xiaoqing comes to a publishing house, but the other party is not interested in her comics. In order to get a job, Xiaoqing plucked up the courage to fight and said, "My husband has depression, please give me a job." Then he bowed deeply.

The president of the publishing house had also suffered from depression before, and was preparing a book about self-enlightenment, and needed some comics, and Xiaoqing couldn't be more suitable.

But this job is not easy, Xiaoqing is busy and anxious, her hair is messy, and she has no time to take care of it.

Takasaki reminds Xiaoqing that the name on her comic is misprinted, and that he has always been so cautious, serious, and careful. Haru asks him to call the publishing house, and Takasaki says he can't make that call. Xiaoqing crumpled the paper ball and threw it at Takasaki, saying, "If you can't fight, then shut up for me!" ”

Who knew that this angry sentence deeply stimulated Takasaki, and he fell into extreme self-blame, curled up in the bathtub, tears did not stop, and let the cold water pour from the top of his head. He felt that he had burdened Xiaoqing, and a suicidal thought instantly overshadowed everything.

Fortunately, Xiaoqing realized that something was wrong and rushed into the bathroom to save her husband. Takasaki whimpered in pain, "Sometimes I hate myself lying here, and my whole body is uncomfortable. He asked Xiaoqing weakly, "Can I stay here?" Xiaoqing cried and said, "Of course you can stay here!" ”

The next day, Xiaoqing delivered the manuscript smoothly, and the president was very satisfied, and he asked Xiaoqing not to draw according to the editor's requirements, and not to care about the audience's evaluation. A true manga artist only needs to draw what he wants to draw.

This sentence woke up Xiaoqing, those comics were not popular before, just because those drawings were not what she wanted to draw at all.

When she got home, Xiaoqing began to draw what she wanted to draw: the cute chameleon was depressed, her dull husband and Xiaoqing with a ball-tied head, under her pen, the family became cute, he poured his enthusiasm into the comics, and when the manuscript was delivered, even the dull editor was moved, and Xiaoqing cried with joy.

On rainy days, Takasaki's condition is serious again, and Xiaoqing can only pray that the rainy season will pass soon, and the sunny and rainy weather will alternate, just like the joys and sorrows of life.

Half a year later, Takasaki finally stepped out of the house to attend the marriage meeting, and when it was the turn of Takasaki and his wife to share, Takasaki said movingly, "We have had a particularly difficult year, and it is not easy for Xiaoqing!" "Tears can't stop flowing down Takasaki's cheeks," she always gave me and supported me with a smile on her face. ”

Xiaoqing said, "It was a difficult year for us, but it was also the most rewarding year. Both feel that the most important thing between husband and wife, whether poor or rich, is to respect each other and support each other. ”

Xiaoqing decided to write a book, a book about depression, which is obviously a disease that everyone can suffer, but everyone doesn't know about it.

After going back, Takasaki gave Xiaoqing his diary, which recorded his thoughts and thoughts when he was sick, bit by bit.

Xiaoqing opened the diary, every one of them was related to her, and she also knew that in her husband's heart, she was so important.

The diary says that those precious things have never changed, but sometimes we ignore it, and if you look carefully, he is always around.

At this time, the characters in Xiaoqing's comics began to become vivid and light. They flew into the sky and on the rooftops.

After some time, the doctor said that Takasaki could do without medication, and his depression was basically under control. Xiaoqing's comic book was also published, and it was a huge hit.

They received a lot of emails from readers who asked them to give a speech, and Takasaki readily agreed. Takasaki shared his tips for overcoming depression, first, don't be impatient, don't make the patient anxious, second, don't treat it differently, and third, distinguish between what can be done and what can't be done.

"I'm often ashamed of being depressed, but my wife will say that being sick isn't something to be ashamed of. This illness has taught me many things, one of which is that no one, at all times, should live in the truest state of their own. Whether you are depressed, unbearable, or lying flat, whether you are suffering from illness or the people around you who support them, you should face your truest life and your truest self. ”

Takasaki's depression has not been cured, and he will still deal with this special cold, but with the company and encouragement of his wife, he believes that no amount of problems will be a problem.

According to the statistics of the World Health Organization, up to now, there are about 350 million people with depression in the world, and depression is the second leading killer after cancer, and the prevalence of depression in China has reached 2.1%. Even with such a high prevalence, little is known about him. Most people feel that depression is just that they can't think about it, hypocritical, and glassy? Rest for a few days and you'll be fine.

This kind of thinking has also made many people prejudiced against them. Many people may not know that depression patients will uncontrollably make some sounds in their heads, which will make them unconsciously sensitive and vulnerable, and at this time, a casual word may lead them to a dead end.

Depression is a cold of the soul, everyone can be infected, and the increasing incidence of depression seems to remind us that in the pursuit of efficiency and involution today, maybe not working hard is also a way of life, and you can't get it on tiptoe, in fact, you don't have to force it, fight moderately, know how to give up, we need to accept what we need to accept is the most true self.

Sometimes we need to say to others that I can, which is called responsibility, and sometimes we need to know that I can't, which is called reconciliation.