Depressed feelings are a natural emotional reaction when we encounter difficulties that knock us down from feeling our regular self. We normally will automatically adjust our depressed mood back to a calmer status. It may takes a couple of hours or a few weeks, depending on how well our adjusting system works. However, sometimes when the difficulty is greater than our self-adjusting system, we will be out of emotional balance and stay in the depressed mood for a longer period of time. In that case, we do not know how to get out of our depressed feelings. That is when we seem to get stuck with depression.
– Physical Illness
– Lost loved ones
– Traumatic Event/ Past Trauma
– Loneliness
– Bullied
– Stressful environment
– Living too much for others
– Lack of sense of self
Emotional level
– Low
– Worry
– Self-blame, Dislike self, Self-hate
– Lack of interest
– Numb
– Tired, Low Energy
– Dissatisfied
– Judgmental
Physical level
– Heavy/stuffy chest
– Chest pain/ headache
– Low energy/tired
– Sleepy / oversleeping
– Insomnia
– Contracted
– Feeling cold
Cognitive level
– Distracted
– Foggy thought process
– Inability to concentrate
Unconscious level
– Nightmares
– Daydreaming