Articles to help you heal from depression

Depression articles on this page...

What causes depression?
Is Depression A Mind Virus?
Five Signs Of Depression
The Relationship of Stress, Inflammation + Trauma!

Skills that help you heal from depression:
Mindfulness For Depression
How To Journal For Depression
Breathwork For Anxiety And Depression
Ecotherapy: Nature And Green Spaces Help Heal Depression
Anxiety, Depression And Mindfulness
Feeling Stuck And Trapped In Depression?
Learning To Let Go Of "Should"

Epigenetics and epicentering:
The Science Of Epicentering!
Crash Dieting & Epigenetics

Other relevant topics:
Long Covid And Chronic Illnesses
How To Avoid Middle Age Spread!
The Relationship Between Obesity And Mental Health

Random musings related to depression:
Can Depression Be Detected On Your Breath?
Rise As A Phoenix
Cognitive Reframing
The Psychology Of Change
Can Depression Be Detected On Your Breath?


Causes Of Depression:

Is Depression A Mind Virus? (What Causes Depression?)

A video presentation, with text transcription, looking at the scientific understanding of what causes  depression, including the role of stress, viruses and inflammation.

Five Signs Of Depression

A video presentation, with text transcription, explaining five signs of depression from someone who experienced it.

The Relationship of Stress, Inflammation + Trauma!

A video presentation, with text transcription, looking at how stress, inflammation and trauma may interact to cause depression.

Skills That Help You Heal From Depression:

Mindfulness For Depression

Mindfulness is one of the most important mental health coping skills I think you can learn.

Personally, it's had an absolutely enormous impact on the way I live my life. Find out how it can help you...

How To Journal For Depression

In this detailed article we're going to look at how to journal to help heal from depression.

Journaling can help you witness and process your daily experiences and emotions and thereby improve your mental health dramatically.

Breathwork For Anxiety And Depression

Taking conscious control of your breathing is one of the quickest and simplest ways to affect your mind and body. Learning how to change your breathing through breathwork will help you control your anxiety and depression.

Ecotherapy: Nature And Green Spaces Help Heal Depression

Did you know that Americans spend 87% of their lives indoors, and a further 6% of their lives in vehicles?

Can more time in Nature help people suffering from anxiety, depression and other mental health issues?

Anxiety, Depression And Mindfulness

Living “in the past” (depression) or “in the future” (anxiety) robs us of the present, and the present is the only actionable time.

Feeling Stuck And Trapped In Depression?

Most of the time we don’t think about the words we use, we just use them. Like so many aspects of life, we run on auto-pilot, without explicit awareness of what we’re doing or saying, internally or externally. But the words we use hold power...

Learning To Let Go Of "Should"

Depression feeds on black and white thoughts, one of which is “should”. Learn how to let go of "should", self-judgement and self-criticism.

Epigenetics: Introduction

In a very real sense we are always adapting to our environment, through the mechanism of epigenetics upregulating some genes and downregulating others.

The Science Of Epicentering!

Part of the reasoning behind the name "epicentering" is epigenetics. But what's that all about, and what does it have to do with depression and mental health?

Crash Dieting & Epigenetics

How does crash dieting affect your genes?  Epigenetics may have the answers. And if our environment is so impactful, changing our environment may help heal depression.

Articles about other relevant topics:

Long Covid And Chronic Illnesses

I’ve noticed an overlap between the symptoms of “Long Covid” and chronic illnesses.

The common symptoms may tie in with a low-level of background inflammation also often seen in depression.

How To Avoid Middle Age Spread!

Find out what middle age spread is, why it happens and how to avoid it.

The Relationship Between Obesity And Mental Health

The relationship between obesity and mental health is complicated, but in this article I take a look at how being overweight can negatively impact your mental health.

Cytokine Storms And Mental Health

Have you noticed that cytokines have been in the news recently, and in particular "cytokine storms"? I think there could be a link to mental health. Let's look at what's been happening...

Random musings related to depression:

Rise As A Phoenix

Is there something holding you back from being liberated as a new phoenix? Some flames you won’t face?

Cognitive Reframing

One of the best things about developing awareness of yourself is that you see yourself from a different perspective.

Technically, this is known as "cognitive reframing", or "cognitive restructuring".

The Psychology Of Change

We’re wired NOT to change. We’re wired to accept our situation unless we’re in mortal danger. So how can we change?

Can Depression Be Detected On Your Breath?

If signs of a PTSD attack can be detected by trained dogs, can the severity of depression also be sensed, and what does it mean for identifying successful treatments?