Depression is the emotional feeling of weight, sadness, hopelessness, and despair. Depression is not something you are born with. There is no “gene” for depression. Depression is caused when one or more of your Seven Essential Needs is not being met.
Depression is toxic for your physical unit. Long term depression can lead to neurbiological changes which “lock in” that depression, making it harder to overcome. It is very important, therefore, that you deal with depression as soon as you feel it.
The first step towards resolving depression is to see if you are, in fact, depressed. The short assessment below measures the extent to which you are feeling depressed. If your depression reading is high, out what the source of that depression and lower it.