What Depression Really Feels Like: Symptoms, Negative Thoughts, and How Recovery Happens
About this episode
Terry McGuire shares her personal experience with major depression and discusses the internal dialogue of the illness.
What does depression actually feel like from the inside? In this candid conversation, Terry McGuire shares the origin story behind the Giving Voice to Depression podcast — and opens up about her own experience with major depression, antidepressants, intrusive thoughts, and the isolating voice of the illness. She describes how depression “talks in your own voice,” how it infiltrates your thinking before you realize what’s happening, and how it convinces you that you are a burden, alone, and be...
Topics covered
- depression
- mental health
- intrusive thoughts
- recovery
Keywords
- major depression
- antidepressants
- isolation
- negative thoughts
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