Where Does Depression Come From? 💙

Today I'd like to talk about where depression comes from. So there's two parts to this answer. First of all, there's the thing that triggers the depression and that will generally be a chronic stressor or a major stressor. 💙

So a major stressor is one that has a short -term impact but it's a big impact. So something like a bereavement or a job loss or a divorce, those will be massive stressors. And they can trigger depression on their own or you can have a chronic stressor such as a long-term chronic illness, long-term chronic pain, an abusive relationship, caring for elderly adults, being neurotypical in a neurodivergent world,
suffering racism, sexism, things like that. 💙

Depending on a person's resilience, at some point, if those stressors, both chronic and acute stressors, overload the person's resilience, they can fall into depression. 💙