Kining situwason nimo, Raquel, physiology man na kai after you give birth, your hormone levels , specifically your progesterone and estrogen levels are incredibly unbalanced, namely the fact that progesterone was necessary to maintain the pregnancy. All of the sudden, at the expulsion of the child from your body, your endocrine aparatus no longer is required to produce such high levels of progesterone as well as estrogen. So the levels fall. This abrupt fall in hormones triggers a dopamine effect. The increase dopamine is physiologically needed as it works in conjunction with prolactin, oxytocin in order to produce maternal milk for the child. The rapid fall in progesterone, estrogen levels and sharp increase in dopamine is responsible for the symptoms of depression. In this case, it is called post-partum depression (post partum blues).
Clinically, the effects of depression is an altered mental status. But the levels of depression differs and symptoms differ as well. In cases of acute manic episodes, one's mental state / state of mind is hindered.
In the case of Angelo Reyes, could his suicide be due to an acute manic episode? Possibly? It could have been.
Possibly. However, in cases of acute manic episodes , one looses the state of reality, and cannot differentiate what is real and unreal. This could even fall in line in the diagnosis of a acute schizoid / brief schizotypal disorder. Functionality of persons with such incidences is dim to none.
Reyes was able to drive to his late mother's grave that day. Days prior he conversed with his family, ate with them, and even wrote a letter of apology for what he was going to due. This means that there was no altered mental status. He was in his right frame of mind.
For persons with depression, the level of clinical depression , as i said earlier, depends on symptomology. In your case, you thought of hurting yourself, but the very fact that you feared bathing your son in case of a suicidal incident, indicates a minimally altered mental status. Your control of the situation, your condition and your management of symptoms proves you had efficent control. Management in your case was praying and reading catholic material. Psychologically speaking , positive reinforcement helps to deter negative actions. Your innate religiosity, positive religious factors, played a role in the psychodynamic control of symptoms.
In regards to Reyes , he also had control. Had he no control, he would not have been able to write a letter, nor function properly without the noticing of his family and friends. He had will and he had intent. He knew what he was doing, he knew the consequence of his actions, yet he did it anyway.
He was a liar. A corrupt official who cooperated with corrupt leaders at the expense of the people. He was proud. Proud enough to protect his identity , proud that he did not want to suffer a judicial hearing before the Courta Suprema sa Filipinas. And he was a murderer. He killed himself.
He entered eternity in a state of disgrace. Had he feared his God, he would have known that God's Judgement was far more severe than man's law and man's justice.
Revelations 21: 7-8 says,
7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
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