I have lived with major depression and know it’s a debilitating,
all-encompassing, very UN-SIMPLE thing. In it’s depths,
depression is a medical emergency. The same must be said for
anxiety and panic disorders. Nothing I say here is intended to
trivialize the clinical or traditional approaches to those
illnesses. I’m not a doctor. Depression and anxiety are referred
to as mood disorders, suggesting that those who suffer the
disorder have some difficulty in regulating, feeling, or
responding to their moods. Millions suffer from the clinically
diagnosed disorders, but all the rest of the world knows anxiety
and depression, too. The workings of the human brain, its
triggers and secretions and processes, influence our
productivity, our physical well-being, our intuitions and our
behaviors. Knowing what’s going on up there can help you
navigate your everyday, ride out the storms, and come closer to
self-determination. A Brief History of Mental Health References
to depression and anxiety can be found in our earlies