The truth is, there is no ONE CAUSE of depression - and anyone out there who is claiming that they have the ONE CAUSE or ONE SOLUTION is likely either just naive or attempting to sell you something.
Depression is a complex condition that has many causes, and it something that deserves a thorough investigation and LOTS of love and respect in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunatly in our world today there is still a lot of stigma, shame and misunderstanding surrounding this condition - and I am hoping that by talking about it today we can remove some of that and find a place of deepened compassion - both for ourselves and those outside of ourselves who may be struggling.
With this, ONE possible element that can play a role in causing depression is the idea that we are 'depressing' ourselves.
You may have heard health and wellness practitioners stating that the true 'cause' of depression is the fact that in our culture we are trained to deny ourselves, to try to fit ourselves into boxes, that we are trained to repress and ignore our true feelings and emotions - and that all of this can lead to a state of feeling hopeless, purposeless and like life has no meaning or value.
Today I want to explore this ONE aspect of depression, and how it may be causing some of the painful symptoms that many of us experience.
Learning that it's not ok to be who we are, not being given the tools to process what we are actually feeling, wanting and needing, being corralled into a life that doesn't feel authentic to us and living in our systems of hyper individualism, consumption and production are all likely factors in the epdiemic that is our current state of poor mental health.
Again, we want to understand that our mental health is multi-factorial - so we never want to say that anything is caused by ONE THING all the time in all people - we just want to explore what may be true for us, so we can find solutions that may work for our individual case.
Depression of the self CAN be part of the reason we feel hopeless in life, so let's explore this one avenue and see how we go!
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