Depression usually has a number of contributing factors. Stress from various areas of our daily lives is one factor. Ongoing feelings of inadequacy to meet a situation we find ourselves in can have an accumulative effect. Many people feel there isn’t enough time to do what needs to be done. It can feel hopeless to ever get ahead, or even just to keep up.
Unresolved emotional issues are another. Our reaction to events that happened as children that we did not have the opportunity to work through can still be buried inside us and contribute to depression. Depression can be anger turned inward. It could be anger at others that we don’t feel justified to have, or anger at ourselves that we don’t know how to resolve. Feeling powerless to change how we feel can lead to hopelessness, shutting down and giving up.