Life With Gene

Guest post by Tara Springett

Crossing the bridge from mental health to depression

Far too often I see clients suffering from mild to severe forms of depression. While people get depressed for many reasons, depression self-help is more straightforward than many may imagine.

Many of my clients have endured tragic experiences of abuse, loss and trauma in their past and most believe it is those experiences that are to blame for their present depression.

While I have the greatest empathy for the pain that they have felt (being a survivor of child abuse myself) I do not agree that it is the experiences of trauma and loss ‘as such’ that is causing the depression.

I have found it is the feelings of resentment and holding a grudge that have arisen from these experiences and linger on to the present day, which are causing the depression.

Allow me to explain:

I have found (in myself and others) that in most cases of depression, people foster more or less conscious grudges against others from their past who they feel have harmed them. Read more…