Depression how can we overcome it?
When depressed, individuals experience limited pleasure or interest in day-to-day activities and/or a consistently depressed mood. Because of this, individuals experiencing depression often pull back from life by not engaging in activities they used to enjoy before becoming depressed. We wouldn’t expect someone to get involved in an activity they aren’t going to enjoy. Another common symptom of depression is fatigue. One of my clients described their depression as constantly wearing a backpack full of bricks. As with obtaining limited pleasure from activities, feeling fatigued often leads depressed clients to become less active because they don’t feel like they have the energy to do much. This presents a problem because the less active people with depression are, the more depressed they tend to get. Why does this happen? One reason is that they deprive themselves of the potential for positive experiences. For instance, a client of mine I’ll call Jay became depressed after he lost...