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Anxiety and depression are not abnormal. They are not pathologies or aberrations. They are just one end of a spectrum of normal experience playing out on the same mechanisms that allow us to survive.
Vincent Deary • How We Break
The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
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Sadness and depression are not the same thing. Sadness is sometimes referred to as “depressed mood.” However, sadness is a common but not essential feature of clinical depression. Technically, depression is a cluster of symptoms that persist over a period of time. These symptoms can include lack of interest in pleasant activities, loss of appetite,
... See moreBrené Brown • Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
term is really a misnomer when discussing major or clinical depression (depressive illness), which is a physical illness, not a mental illness, involving a real chemical disturbance in the brain and hormonal changes in the body.
Tim Cantopher • Beating Insomnia
