Many major life stresses that lead to depression are easy to understand— accidents, financial disaster, cancer, heart attack, divorce, natural disasters, the death of a spouse or child. It makes perfect sense that those things lead to depression, but there are other things that we want that that can cause depression. I worked in a retirement community in coastal South Carolina. There were men who had worked their whole lives in New York City and with an hour ride on a commuter train each morning and evening. They wanted to save enough money to retire and play golf every day in a gated community and they were successful. They wanted to retire early enough to enjoy it. They succeeded and six months after the move some of them became depressed. When I made that diagnosis, they could not understand it.
I am wondering about how these men may have actually been living close to depression for a long time, meaning stressed which would burn out the dopamine levels. So, 2 thoughts. One, there's an interesting article from Gary Sharpe this morning on stress: https://garysharpe.substack.com/p/how-chronic-stress-feeds-suffering And then, I have a somewhat different approach to hitting inner stumbling blocks. You can find it here: https://fullflourishing.com Note: I see many methods as going with each other, rather than against each other.
I am wondering about how these men may have actually been living close to depression for a long time, meaning stressed which would burn out the dopamine levels. So, 2 thoughts. One, there's an interesting article from Gary Sharpe this morning on stress: https://garysharpe.substack.com/p/how-chronic-stress-feeds-suffering And then, I have a somewhat different approach to hitting inner stumbling blocks. You can find it here: https://fullflourishing.com Note: I see many methods as going with each other, rather than against each other.