Quote Originally Posted by Ken Willidau View Post
Allalone,

No, I'm saying others think that physical exertion to the body can lead to depression and that's just one way one person thinks you could be feeling depressed. And from what I originally wrote, if it has accumulated in your body, over time, whatever you're doing, now, isn't going to matter and you could be being affected by it without realizing it. Right now, I am chronically depressed, and I believe it would take 3 months of me doing next to nothing to get rid of it.

Angie,

I don't think I have ever said that my theory is the only reason. And only that it is a possibility that this could be causing it for you. I believe it causes it for me. And I think the blurbs about forward head posture is at least some back up from the science community that some believe that there is a physical connection to depression. And, regardless if it is physical or mental depression, it's still depression. It's how you got there that's different. And, in fact, I would say that physical depression is actually worse than mental depression because there is no obvious reason for it. I once wrote 'I wish something was really wrong, right now, so everything else wasn't.' and that's because it just starts throwing everything at you, trying to fix it mentally but it's not going to work.
Im sorry if this seems blunt but can you not see that the trauma you suffered in your childhood is far, far more likely to be a cause of your depression than your posture? Do you not think you could be using this theory so you don’t have to deal with how the abuse affected you?

And pretty much every expert there is does not advocate ‘doing next to nothing’ as a valid treatment for depression. Exercise is known to increase the ‘happy’ hormones and significantly improves depression symptoms.

Ken, I believe you really need to talk to your doctor about what’s going on, all of it.

Just a note, Ken, we try not to say that one person’s depression is worse than someone else - how everybody here is feeling has just as much an impact on their lives as anyone else’s does.