The first measure: physical examination. Go to the hospital to check whether there are organic lesions in the brain, some are true and some are false. Some hospitals only make the diagnosis of moderate and severe depression based on the results of psychological questionnaire test, which I think is not rigorous.
The second trick is to ask and answer independently. If you don't want to go to the hospital, there is another way to identify it, that is, autonomous question and answer. The so-called autonomy means self-awareness, self-awareness and sense of responsibility. You can ask yourself some questions, such as: who am I, where am I, where am I going, what do I want, what should I do, what responsibility should I take, and so on. As long as some of these questions can be answered, it is false depression. If you can't answer them at all or don't want to answer them, it may be true depression.
The third trick is to read the article. If you can read this article smoothly and roughly understand its meaning, then whether you agree with it or not, you can rule out real depression. Whether you can read fluently is an important basis for judging true and false depression. As long as the reading ability is not completely lost, it is false depression, and there is a hope of 100% cure.
Real people with depression are completely desperate. They are not interested in anything outside, can't read long paragraphs, can't think systematically, and have no confidence in treatment. He completely lost his autonomy. In their own words, he lived like a walking corpse and a puppet. This kind of patient is difficult to treat.
From the perspective of psychological growth, the treatment of depression is actually a process of cultivating or repairing autonomy. As long as autonomy is cultivated, depression will naturally be fine. However, there are not many people around us who are completely independent. Many people are not very clear about their sense of self-boundary and their sense of responsibility is not very strong. Strictly speaking, these are all patients with pseudo-depression, and they all need treatment.