雙語閱讀：“微笑抑鬱症”你知道嗎

摘要：大家都很喜愛的喜劇演員羅賓•威廉姆斯自殺的消息讓很多人震驚。我們身邊也有人每天看上去很開心，但是私底下可能在遭受抑鬱症的煎熬。他們在微笑，但他們也可能是抑鬱症患者。

Smiling depression is a term often used to refer to a patient who you think is depressed, but doesn’t look it and often won’t admit it.

微笑抑鬱症(smiling depression)指患有抑鬱症、但表面上看不出來而且本人不願承認的狀況。

Sometimes they tell you, “No, I’m not depressed” — and they smile. But it’s a sad smile.

有時，我們會告訴你“不，我沒有抑鬱症”，然後他們會微笑。可那是個傷感的微笑。

“微笑抑鬱症”你知道嗎

To the outside world, they give no hint of their problem — often holding down a full-time job, running a family home and enjoying an active social life. But underneath they are suffering secret panic attacks, insomnia, crushing low self-esteem and even suicidal thoughts.

他們不會對周遭的世界顯示出一點抑鬱的症狀——通常都有全職的工作、有家庭，社交生活也很活躍。但在私底下，他們飽受驚恐症和失眠的困擾，很自卑，甚至會想到自殺。

The ability to carry on with life despite everything is what distinguishes ‘smiling’ depression.

微笑抑鬱症突出的特點就是雖然自己飽受痛苦但仍然能保持正常生活的能力。

The recognized symptoms of depression tend to be crying a lot, feeling lethargic, perhaps even not being able to get out of bed. But not everyone with depression displays these symptoms.

抑鬱症明顯的症狀一般爲：經常哭泣、嗜睡，有時甚至無法下牀。但並不是每個患有抑鬱症的人都會表現出這些症狀。

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A girl's suicide note - which was automatically posted on the Internet 12 hours after her death - has stirred heated discussion.

"I have depression, so I want to die. There's no important reason, and you shouldn't care about my leaving this world. Bye bye," read the message that appeared on Sina Weibo on Sunday.

The girl, surnamed Ma, had hanged herself in her dorm on Saturday night, police confirmed.

Unaware that she was already dead, netizens, Sina Weibo and police immediately tried to track down and help the girl.

一個女孩的自殺留言在死後12小時自動發佈到網上，引發了激烈討論。

這個女孩在週日的新浪上發出這樣一條微博“我有抑鬱症，所以就去死一死，沒什麼重要的原因，大家不必在意我的離開。拜拜啦。”

經警方證實，這個女孩姓馬，她已經於週六晚上在宿舍上吊自殺。

網友、新浪微博和警方當時並不知道女孩已經死了，立即追蹤線索，試圖幫助女孩。

　　【講解】

　文中的“depression”就是“抑鬱症”的意思，如：post-natal depression 產後抑鬱症，clinical depression 臨牀抑鬱症。“depression”這個詞還可以指“蕭條”，如：the Great Depression是指經濟大蕭條。另外，“melancholia”是“抑鬱症”的較爲正式的說法。抑鬱症的表現包括悲傷(sad)、 憂慮(anxious)、空虛(empty)、無望(hopeless)、無助( helpless)、失去意義(worthless)、內疚(guilty)、易怒(irritable)或者不安(restless)，嚴重的還包括失眠(insomnia)甚至試圖自殺(suicide)等。