I would like to introduce this topic with four observations:
1) Two people who appear to have the same environmental experiences can develop differently in their mental health: one depressed, one reasonably happy.
2) There is evidence that depression is affected by very early events, such as the amount of stress hormone (specifically cortisol) in the mother's womb
3) I'm not sure that you can 'talk' your way out of depression (psychotherapy). A better chance of recovery is via group activity, but I'm not sure what kind.
4) In my own case, the times I rise above depression are when I am teaching, and the times when I'm most vulnerable are when we have long breaks from teaching during the summer.
Thoughts welcome. I'm happy for the thread to deviate beyond these 4 points but am particularly interested in them.
1) Two people who appear to have the same environmental experiences can develop differently in their mental health: one depressed, one reasonably happy.
2) There is evidence that depression is affected by very early events, such as the amount of stress hormone (specifically cortisol) in the mother's womb
3) I'm not sure that you can 'talk' your way out of depression (psychotherapy). A better chance of recovery is via group activity, but I'm not sure what kind.
4) In my own case, the times I rise above depression are when I am teaching, and the times when I'm most vulnerable are when we have long breaks from teaching during the summer.
Thoughts welcome. I'm happy for the thread to deviate beyond these 4 points but am particularly interested in them.
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