Often people who said they were depressed or have experienced depression, revealed that their life was a disappointment compared to what they hoped or expected it to be. Their depression developing from repeatedly being so unhappy for such a long time.

Depression can start from continuous disappointment, then turns into sadness and when the sadness stays in our lives for a long period of time, the next stage is depression. Or ‘black hole’ as many would describe it.

A black hole that has people not wanting to get out of bed in the morning, not believing things will improve and thinking ‘what’s the point’ and they just seem to go through life like a leaf on the water, dictated by the current and wind.  Feeling like they are walking through life like a zombie.

Depression can occur for a variety of reasons and different things trigger people differently.  A life event, divorce, an unhappy relationship, losing a loved one, illness, losing our job, financial stress etc.