{"id":401080,"date":"2026-01-09T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401080\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:00:07","slug":"what-depression-feels-like-and-how-it-can-be-treated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/401080\/","title":{"rendered":"What Depression Feels Like and How It Can Be Treated"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>The educational channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@sprouts\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Sprouts<\/a> created an informative animation that explains what depression is, how it affects the body, what it feels like, the complex causes of depression, the genetic components involved, the difficulty in getting a proper diagnosis and treatment that is available.  <\/p>\n<p>Depression is more than just sadness\u2014it affects your energy, sleep, body, and even your brain. This video explains key symptoms, why diagnosis is challenging, how both environmental and genetic factors contribute to it, and which treatments and habits can help.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1130\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/What-Depression-Feels-Like.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"What Depression Feels Like\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Mental Health Spectrum<\/p>\n<p>Trans-Generational Trauma<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The educational channel Sprouts created an informative animation that explains what depression is, how it affects the body,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,137,514,515],"class_list":{"0":"post-401080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}