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Depression is a complex human experience and mental health disorder. It can have a severe impact on a person's mood, thoughts, and behaviour. It can cause intense feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or other times can be experienced as a total absence of feeling. It is also common to lose interest in activities that were once enjoyable. Depression can also lead to physical symptoms such as fatigue, changes in appetite, poor concentration and insomnia. 

 

Depression can often be overly medicalised and overly medicated and it is frequently misunderstood or minimised within cultures or within families.

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Depression is no-ones fault and the idea of shaming yourself or someone else out of depression is completely ineffective at best and only supercharges the individuals guilt at worst. It is important to remember that no-one chooses to have depression. Why would anyone choose to feel depressed? 

 

A modern and nuanced view of what causes depression, is that it rarely exists in a vacuum, and it is not simply down to 'bad genes'. There is always an individualised context for the depression, a psychological set of habits which keep the problem going, and sometimes life events which triggered the problems. Although medication can help, it is unlikely to fully help someone understand or solve any of these three causes.

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If you currently have persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and lack of interest in activities, it might be that you are experiencing depression. The type of therapy which works for depression, will depend largely on the potential causes of the feelings. As mentioned, sometimes there are obvious life events, such as loss, life changes, or feeling like the current life you are living has no purpose. Other times there can be persistent psychological causes, such as long held beliefs around 'being unworthy' or problematic behaviour patterns such as automatically isolating yourself when you feel low.

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Myths about depression 

You can snap out it with willpower alone

Depression is not a real illness

It is a lifelong diagnosis

People who are depressed are weak

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Common questions about depression: 

What is depression and what are the symptoms?

What if I feel depressed and don't know why? 

What if I have tried medication for depression and it isn't working? 

I know why I am feeling depressed, I just don't know what to do? 

Is depression the same as feeling grief about losing someone you love?  

Why can't I just 'get over it', my life isn't that bad and other people have it worse? 

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