It's Not Always Depression: A New Theory of Listening to Your Body, Discovering Core Emotions and Reconnecting with Your Authentic Self

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While some people believe that depression is trivial or not a genuine health problem, it’s actually a real condition that affects around one in 10 people over the course of their lives. It impacts people of all genders and ages – including children. Studies show that around 4% of children in the UK between the ages of five and 16 are depressed or anxious.

Guilt is a normal reaction after a person says or does something that they regret, but people with depression may have ongoing feelings of guilt for no reason. They may focus a lot of energy on this guilt and feel bad about themselves and things that they have said or done — even events that have long since passed. 5. No interest or pleasure in activities Everyone has spells of feeling down, but depression is more than just spending a few days feeling sad or unhappy. Depression can make you feel persistently sad and down for weeks or months at a time.It’s common to hear about depression being brought on by a “downward spiral” – one thing causing other problems that combine to cause depression. For example, losing your job could make you feel sad, so you spend less time with family and friends and maybe drink more alcohol. These things all make you feel worse, which triggers depression. If you experience depression symptoms most of the day, every day, for more than two weeks, you should visit your GP. This is especially important if:

It can also release some of the expectations we have around emotions, and feeling like we need to “fix” them or change them. Emotions just are, and they will always be there, part of our human nature. They are almost like roommates living with us in our bodies. Accepting their chaos, constant fluctuations, unreliable nature, and effects on how we feel is ultimately all we can do.There are different types of depression, and there are some conditions where depression is a symptom. These conditions include: A big take-away from this book; emotions just are! I think emotions can really dictate so much about how we exist and behave in a specific moment, blinding us to who we are when we are not swamped in that emotion. Distancing ourselves from the emotion, and not attaching or identifying ourselves with it, can have a really big change in our day-to-day lives.