Bottling up your emotions can affect your hormonal balance and reduce the health of your immune system, so the first vital step is cultivating a healthy outlet for emotional expression. Because many women feel constrained by the societal imperative to repress their real feelings and be “nice” or “good,” this can often lead to a lot of emotional repression. So, needless to say, if you’re a woman, it’s vital that you reduce the stress in your life! But how can you do that? One of the best ways to attack stress is by reducing the “nice girl pressure” in your life. If the stress persists even after your body begins its decline, your body can lose the ability to mend itself and your risk of developing depression can soar to an all-time high.
This means that their focus is now on simply prescribing quick “fixes” to treat symptoms instead of listening closely to each patient and understanding that women having feelings is not always a “problem” that needs to be “fixed.”Īnd after existing in “attack mode” for a prolonged period of time, your body becomes worn down and loses energy. This problem can also arise through the efforts of well-meaning doctors who are not attempting to suppress or objectify their patients, but who simply don’t have enough time in their work day to focus long enough on each patient. And unfortunately, because our predominantly patriarchal society often takes issue with women expressing any emotion, psychologists are often quick to prescribe antidepressants to shut up any emotional outbursts as soon as a female patient describes anything resembling symptoms of depression. And it’s wonderful that anyone struggling with mental health can find a solution that brings them peace! But it’s not wonderful when medication is prescribed to people who don’t need it. However, that’s not to invalidate the fact that some people - men and women alike - definitely do fight serious battles with depression and anxiety and do find relief from medication.
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