do you think depression can only be “caused” by something?

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when i got diagnosed with depression and started seeing a therapist, our sessions kind of only consisted of trying to find out what trauma in my past was the root of my depression. but i feel like the way i feel doesn’t have a reason, i’ve honestly haven’t really lived through anything terrible or traumatic, but still my therapist thought that i just wasn’t sharing something in my past that was the reason for why i have depression today. 
i stopped going to a therapist at all because i was tired of feeling like sessions weren’t doing anything, she didn’t believe me when i said that there wasn’t a trauma to blame..

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Get a different one. Depression can be circumstantial or caused by a chemical imbalance. Sometimes it can take a while to find a psychologist and psychiatrist that work well for you

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Well, the way my psychiatrist explained it to me, depression is a chemical imbalance caused by trauma during the years your brain was developing. Basically your brain pumped out chemicals while developing to protect you and get you through the trauma and now you’re experiencing the results of that. It’s very possible you don’t remember the trauma. It’s also possible the event was not something you even consider traumatic but it effected you. I would say though, choosing a counselor is like choosing a spouse, you have to ‘date’ them, and you aren’t going to click with every one you go to. Try another one. See if you like them more.

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I mean you can argue that my depression is "caused" by my anxiety, but I also don't have a traumatic past, just a potential family history of anxiety/depression (we aren't the kind of family to talk about it). The therapist wasn't a right fit for you - find someone who is a bit more "new age", as my therapist refers to himself. Less on Freud and the psychologists of old, more on learning how your mind works and what triggers you, and retraining your mind. Talk therapy (but not the psychoanalysis of your dreams  true  whatever) and cognitive behavior therapy, in combination with my meds, are honestly changing my life.

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That's total bunk! See another therapist. There doesn't have to be some significant event to cause depression.

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Hmm. J would definitely try a new therapist. There are many different types of.therapy based on different beliefs. This sounds like this therapist practices psychoanalytic therapy, where one focuses on how events in the past affects a person in the present. Sounds like she was a bit too stuck on it though. You can ask other therapists before starting or in the first session what their approach is to find something better suited to you.

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It’s a chemical imbalance in the brain, it can be idiopathic or have a known cause. See a new therapist

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It’s a mental illness, while it can be caused in some people most of us have just always had it and we have things that trigger it. I’m glad you left a therapist that wasn’t helping you and I hope some day you find someone you are comfortable with that can help you

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No ir cant depression is a chemical imbalance (true depression) ut cant be fix they can num rhe feelings but cant fix it

do you think depression can only be “caused” by something?

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