Dr Gabor Mate, a specialist in trauma and mental health states depression is anger misdirected toward ourselves.

This misdirected anger is normal anger or rage towards past harmful experiences or towards people who might have intentionally or unintentionally hurt you.

The anger never had its chance to be felt, expressed or metabolised and while that energy needs to go somewhere it is often redirected back to the person experiencing it.

If your natural biology has been deprived of feeling and expressing healthy anger, you’ve ultimately been deprived of your I CAN senses which is the opposite of depression where people often feel I CANT.

A healthy way to metabolise anger is with movement, cardio-based exercise or things like boxing provide a necessary release for the body.

Depression needs to be tackled both in the mind and the body. 

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