When Feeling Bad Is Good

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When Feeling Bad is Good
by: Ellen McGrath, Ph. D.
McGrath starts off by explaining some of the depression she went through in her life. She goes over how she would gorge on sweets and sugar and how she felt lonely because she let her negative aspects control the best of her. She then starts to explain that certain types of depression are healthy because they are a part of life. She states that depression is just a state of being, and that any state of being can be changed.
Another form of depression she goes over is inherited depression. This is a type of depression that people get when they receive negative aspects from other people in their immediate family. For example if someone’s parents are broke or sick to the point they can’t take care of themselves anymore, it will transfer to the child because they will become responsible for their well being and feel guilty if thy can not provide for their parents.
She then turns her focus on certain types of depression that everyone feels. Victimization depression is when you feel like you are being taken advantage of and you need to stop it. Relationship depression when you think a bad relationship may be caused by you. Age rage depression is when you feel depressed because you are not old enough to be granted responsibilities or privileges. Depletion depression is when you feel drained to the point that you have nothing left to offer. Body image depression is simply not feeling good about your physical appearance. Finally mind-body depression is when you feel bad on the inside and out.
She finishes by saying that depression isn’t just an illness, granted some cases truly are, but merely a part of life that needs to be dealt with. She says that not everyone understands how to deal with these types of feelings which is how some people just become more depressed rather than becoming better. Her book helps people become more aware of how to deal with these facts of life.
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