Depression & Grief

"I don't want to do anything."

"I feel like I'm going through the motions of life."

"I know what I should do, but I can't bring myself to do any of it."

Depression is more than just feeling down.  It drains the energy, motivation, and spark that usually help you engage with life.  And we don't know how to get it back.  

Grief may look similar to depression, but the experience is very different.  

Grief is a profound emotional journey following a meaningful loss. It often comes in waves.  Sometimes crashing over you, sometimes pulling back, but always shaped by the depth of what was lost. 

 "Grief is subversive, undermining the quiet agreement to behave and be in control of our emotions.  It is an act of protest that declares our refusal to live numb and small.  There is something feral about grief, something essentially outside the ordained and sanctioned behaviors of our culture...Contrary to our fears, grief is suffused with life-force...It is not a state of deadness or emotional flatness.  Grief is alive, wild, untamed, and...truly an emotion that rises from the soul." Francis Weller, The Wild Edge of Sorrow 

Therapy can support this grief process, especially when the feelings feel too big to carry alone.