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Depression

How Trauma Can Lead to Depression and Ways to Heal

A single overwhelming event can flip your stress response into permanent overdrive, rewiring neural pathways and disrupting the brain chemicals that keep your mood balanced. Over time, this constant “survival mode” can open the door to depression. But here’s the hopeful part: the same brain that trauma changes can also heal. In this post, we’ll explore how trauma can lead to depression, what happens in your brain when it does, and the proven strategies – from daily habits to EMDR therapy – that can help you reclaim peace and joy.

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The Role of Self-Compassion in Healing Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety and depression are debilitating conditions that suck the joy out of living. Both mental disorders capitalize on a vicious cycle of negative thinking and emotions, which reinforce the gloom and doom outlook. The persistent negativity also breeds defeatism, self-criticism, self- doubt, low self-worth, self-hate, shame, guilt, and anger. Self-compassion can help break and ease the symptoms of self-degrading mental patterns, enabling you to take control of your thoughts and feelings.

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