Overcoming Depression Program

There are many causes of depression, most significant of which are: genetic inheritance, biological imbalances, and environmental stress, such as job loss. It can also be caused as a result of physical illness or substance abuse.

While everyone experiences sadness due to a variety of reasons, from disappointments to the loss of a loved one, a severe, prolonged sorrow that interferes with the ability to function, maintain interests or feel pleasure is, in fact, an illness of depression.

Depressive illness comes in many forms and is common amongst millions of North Americans. For every person that suffers from this illness, there are three to four relatives, friends and/or employees who are adversely affected.

There are a myriad of depressive illness symptoms ranging from lethargy, inability to experience enjoyment, exaggerated sadness, feelings of worthlessness, to extreme irritability, unpredictable emotional change and impulsive high-risk activities.