Hey everyone! I was just reading everyone's posts and started wondering where does depression start?? i mean, there are those who've had fairly normal and average childhoods and led pretty normal adult lives and yet still have some of these overwhelming bouts of sadness or bewilderment. and then there are those who've had pretty rough childhoods and/or adult experiences that may lead to these feelings of sadness...it affects so many different types of people - which makes me wonder - where in the hello does depression start? is it some sort of brain thing? today will be my first day starting session two and i'm betting this will be discussed or i'm hoping where does depression start will be discussed. you know, i've always had migraines since i was a child and have never associated it to depression until buying this program. i used to see a neurologist before for my migraines and he had given me meds saying that i may have a chemical imbalance in my head which could be causing my migraines and gave me, i think it was atenolol and nortriptolene (spelling could be off and even the names of the medications could be a little off since its been about 3 or 4 years since i've stopped taking them---i weaned myself off lol). my neurologist said taking the medications should help to offset the imbalance..anyway, the thing is my neurologist never mentioned anything about depression...and i never discussed some of my mood swings with anyone in my family because in my family thats a sign of weakness and weirdness. sorry about my ramblings - my mind can just go a mile a minute - and sometimes i get a little frustrated and wish oh wish that these feelings of anxiety and whatnot could just completely disappear - for myself as well as for others too. anyway, i'm hoping that my questions on where depression stems from and how does it start gets answered or at least becomes a little more understandable after completing session 2...believe me, i'm still very hopeful about this program and i'm also very hopeful for myself as well as all of you. Happy Holidays and sorry again for this oh-so-long post...just had to clear my head a little - Thanks!!!

Funny how all this is. Thought I would respond to your posting from last December when we were all getting started in the December group. Hope that you are okay and have found answers to the questions here. I am reworking all the sessions and can't wait for the one where we turn all of our self-doubt into motivational energy. The movement part of our relaxation cd can be an example of chemical self-help - i.e. flow with consciousness and breath