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It seems that depression can be influenced by a combination of factors such as overthinking, over-analysis, feelings of helplessness, and environmental or genetic components. It's also important to remember that blaming anyone or anything for our unhappiness can render us powerless, and that taking active steps based on what we learn can help us gradually climb out of that dark place. It's crucial to address these feelings with the help of a professional and to seek support from loved ones.

The Secret to Happiness with Robert Mack

Yeah . For anyone that let's just say is , is suffering with depression or just kind of in this low place in life or just wanting to be happy , right ? You know , they , they're doing all these things .

The Secret to Happiness with Robert Mack

In retrospect . Is there anything that comes to mind that may have contributed to that depression ? Yeah .

The Secret to Happiness with Robert Mack

And so that was ultimately what it was for me . And I think ultimately for most people , if you dive deep enough , you'll find that um there's often overthinking over analysis um that leads or lends itself to depression and helplessness and even suicidal . Yeah .

The Secret to Happiness with Robert Mack

And , uh , even that I wasn't fully committed to , but I postponed it for 10 minutes and in that 10 minutes , I started doing a different kind of research . Guys were looking at what happiness was and unhappiness , what depression was . And then slowly but surely as I applied as much of what I was learning as possible , I found myself digging my way out of this deep , deep , dark depressed hole that I sort of dug for myself .

The Secret to Happiness with Robert Mack

Um , I felt so sort of alienated . I had an incredible family , loving family , but I just was deeply depressed and I just always thought I'd grow out of it , you know , you think , you know , you make some friends . Yeah , exactly .