Depression is different than sadness. A degree of sadness is healthy and keeps frame on the other aspects of life that provide joy and connection. Depression is a clinical term for overwhelm that affects your relationships and interaction with the world. If you're identifying with Depression it's imperative that we get you help immediately, get you some support and turn things around.
Of course when working with depression we need to understand the "why". But it is also important to understand how depression has taken over your life, your thoughts, your expectations for your future. It can make you feel stuck. Let's get you unstuck!
Marriage and Family Therapist, MA, MFT #123769, CPT
Depression literally means "De-Pressed" like something external is pressing on you and leaving you unable to function the way you want. Understanding the nuances of what may be de-pressing you brings light to how it may be able to shift. There is hope.
Depression feels overwhelming and affects how someone thinks about everything, often causing a since of hopelessness and helplessness. It can impact an individuals ability to work and interpersonal relationships. Usually there is no clear source of the mood shift which adds to the difficulty coming out of it. Although it is sometimes hard to imagine feeling better, treatment can be very helpful.
I take a very supportive and compassionate approach to working with clients who live with depression. Training in DBT and CBT help inform my work with depressive symtoms.
Depression loves to partner with low motivation and inaction. Just reading this blurb is taking action towards changing how you feel and view your life. Adding little steps each day can move you past the depression and into a world or promise. Together we can find these things that can alter your viewpoint.
Often when painful feelings have become too overwhelming to process and we're having recurring negative thoughts about ourselves or the world, we become depressed. Sometimes it takes the hope and guidance of another to navigate the way through.