A quote by Gabrielle Roth

“All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.”

At the time Switters had disputed her assertion. Even at seventeen, he was aware that depression could have chemical causes.

“The key word here is roots,” Maestra had countered. “The roots of depression. For most people, self-awareness ... See more

Depression is often described as a chemical imbalance in the brain. Burnout and anxiety are symptoms of an overloaded autonomic nervous system. Eisenstein is suggesting that these responses are a feature rather than a bug. They are mechanisms for withdrawing our full participation in a way of life that is out of alignment with our natural instincts

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We might at first label the body’s simple need to focus inward depression. But as we practice going inward, we come to realize that much of it is not depression in the least; it is a cry for something else, often the physical body’s simple need for rest, for contemplation, and for a kind of forgotten courage, one difficult to hear, demanding not a

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The original trauma was “too much.”

The Soul dissociates from the body and stays that way in an effort to get away from the “too much.”

This is also called Soul Loss - the Soul is at a distance, because to fully inhabit the body is not possible.

There is too much static in the body.

Anxiety and depression very often are then “just” secondary symptoms ... See more