Over the years, in ministry, I have sometimes come under fire for treating depression as problems of thought -- and problems resulting from thought -- though I do not hold that thought is entirely responsible. Counsellors need to know, too, when to refer people. But take this article on Deutsche Welle last week: "You've probably heard about the chemical imbalance theory of depression." It has now, in 2022, been largely confuted. What then causes depression? "Negative life events, and how we deal with them." OBSERVATION: What other misconceptions are we riding on? The good news is that, now as before, problems of thought can be addressed.
POSTSCRIPT: I describe this in my book, Everything, Briefly. When published less than two months ago, it was badly out of step. Not now.
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Some people are predisposed to negative thinking from birth. It's in their gene make up. As with people who only see the 'sunny side' of every adversity, so there are people who, by nature, only see the downside. It's a combination of genes, psychological make up, chemical imbalance, and the 'luck of the draw' of experiences in life.
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