DEPRESSION

A Sad Glimpse Into The Effects Of Trauma And Depression

A painful description illustrating how a lack of parental affection can result in a young child ‘acting-out’ their unmet needs through displays of disruptive behavior. The accurate conceptualization of the outer world as depriving is too threatening for the child. Instead, she prefers to view herself as bad and the outer world as benign. At the same time, a false polyanna Self was created by the patient. The tension between a false upbeat Self and a bad Self could not be sustained and suicide became the only means to alleviate this conflicted state. 

A Recovered Depressive Describes The Darkness Of Depression

It can be difficult to understand depression if you have not experienced it yourself. The patient draws a useful distinction between the ‘ups and downs’ of everyday life and the blackness of depression. In addition, the patient describes two characteristic states associated with depression: hopelessness and nihilism. To paraphrase the recovered depressive: “why bother getting up in the morning? We’re all going to die anyway”.