Maybe Depression Isn’t a Disease — It’s the Weight of What You Survived

Living with the aftershocks of childhood complex trauma (CCT) makes it simple to believe you’re depressed. You feel trapped. Unmotivated. Heavy. Sometimes hopeless. When you consider the usual lists of “depression symptoms,” they seem painfully familiar: One is tempted to accept the narrative we’ve all been told: that these symptoms indicate a chemical imbalance. That […]