Why do I feel depressed even when my life is going great?

I guess sometimes people feel depressed irrespective of how well your life is at that moment. Maybe subconsciously you are worried about something or you might have been too much exposed to your current life style which would have given you an unsatisfied feeling. Being in your comfort zone for a prolonged period can also be the root cause of this feeling. When people actually move out if their comfort zone and explore the new things it will keep their mind and body busy as they will be learning how to tackle their new blockers in life. Other reasons might be lack of inner happiness and peace. Even when your life is really great and if you lack things inside you, the soul will not be happy leading to depression. Try to explore your own being, alot of surprises and hidden talents would be found. Feel blessed for what you have got better than others.

It may seem hard to believe that having a good job, a loving family, and successful children wouldn’t make us completely happy. It’s the American dream. But guess what? It doesn’t. Many apparently accomplished people have problems with chronic, low-grade and often hidden depression. They are not who they appear to be. They look fine on the outside and are often fairly good, likable and responsible people. They just don’t like themselves. Their depression doesn’t usually knock them out; it just causes them to drag through life, withdraw at times, and not be all they are capable of being. Their gloominess takes it toll on loved ones and work peers. Worst of all, they often don’t know why they are like this. You can imagine what it’s like to be in this man’s shoes. He’s does everything reasonably well and is fairly successful. He has people who love him. Yet he is not happy. In fact he has never been completely happy. Even when others tell him how great he is. Most of his life has been a drag ever since his earliest years. The persistence of this experience sometimes causes him to give up hope and occasionally entertain thoughts of suicide. Afterall, there seems to be no point to his life anyway. He can’t even be happy with having it all. And what causes him the most hopelessness is that he can’t figure out what is bugging him.

Even when everything one can wish for is "in place", a person can still suffer from depression. Regardless of a sufferer's external circumstances, it's their internal emotional states that matter more when it comes to depression. Depressive thinking can sometimes lead to emotional arousals that makes it more difficult to snap out.Depressed people return to dwell on those past times that had traumatized them.Until a sufferer's emotional needs are met, it is likely that he/she continue suffering from depression. At these times, help from a trained professional can help but there is still no substitute from deriving joy from freedom of traumatic thoughts. In orders, one must talk n share these traumatic past events in order to desensitize themselves from trauma.

When exploring the emotions behind some depression scenarios I've encountered, I've noticed that a very strict and practical view of the world could help much. That's when I realized one of the primary causes of depression is the "fog of life" - the fear of the unknown in the future and the false perception of the past leading to hope loss and eventually - to depression. This fog of life is a major obstacle, but it's also a fake one because it completely dissolves by changing the point of view, and gets replaced by hopes, potential, options, and a promise for a better future.

Depression can be seen as a chemical imbalance in your body. Also, sometimes we're unaware that something is bothering us to the extent that it is. Try to think about if there's anything nagging away at you - talking it out will help :)

Because I keep thinking about negative things that have happened in my life in the past. I over think everything as well.

Sometimes even when everything is going right in your world, it's still so hard to be present in the moment and happy, especially when your life has many many components between social, family, jobs,school, and all the other things that come up daily. The best thing I find is finding ways to reflect or being more present, maybe everything is going great but something is offsetting the positive. You can't fix a problem if you don't know the problem. Positive thoughts!

Maybe because something is lacking. Maybe because I don't have the one thing I really like to have.

Because you are often looking at the bad side of things, you are not trying hard to look at the bright side of it. It is possible that you are trying hard but there is always something bad that you feel inside you and you do not know what it is precisely, so that it keeps bothering you but you don't really notice it. Try to be honest to yourself and ask it what is wrong with it?

Maybe you have more bad days than good days. There often peoples who see everything bad in life ! But life is great