Giving Voice to Depression: Real Stories & Expert Support for Depression and Mental Health
Giving Voice To Depression unites lived experience and expert insight to shine a spotlight on depression and mental health. Each week, we bring you honest personal stories, evidence-based strategies, and compassionate conversations to help you understand, cope with, and recover from depression. Whether you’re navigating your own journey, supporting a loved one, or simply seeking to better understand mental-health challenges, this podcast offers real voices, trusted guidance, and a path toward hope. Subscribe now for new episodes every week and join a community where depression isn’t silenced—it’s voiced, understood and overcome.
Giving Voice to Depression: Real Stories & Expert Support for Depression and Mental Health
What Are the Signs of Depression? How to Get Help Before It’s a Crisis
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Depression rarely shows up overnight—it creeps in with subtle signs that can easily be overlooked. Recognizing those signs early is one of the most powerful ways to prevent a full-blown crisis.
In this episode, Corinne shares her personal experience of learning to spot her own “scale” of depression, the steps she takes to stop a downward spiral, and why reaching out before you’re in crisis can save lives. She also explains how tools like therapy, support systems, and simple daily habits can make a big difference.
This conversation is both a warning and a source of hope: if you know the signs of depression, you can act before it takes control.
Link to 988 Lifeline: https://988lifeline.org/talk-to-someone-now/
Link to Corinne's article: https://qz.com/1381952/suicide-hotlines-really-do-save-lives-i-know-because-one-saved-mine/
Primary Topics Covered:
- Why sharing recovery stories matters, not just crisis stories
- How depression often escalates gradually, not suddenly
- Using a “scale” system to recognize early signs of depression
- Warning signs that your mental health may be worsening
- The importance of trusted support systems
- How shame, silence, and isolation worsen depression
- Proactive coping tools: therapy, sleep, exercise, meditation
- Why you don’t have to wait until crisis to get help
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction and episode overview
02:04 – Corinne’s recovery story: hope after crisis
03:13 – Why we need recovery stories, not just survival stories
04:30 – How depression builds slowly, like a scale
05:32 – Creating a “scale” to recognize your own warning signs
06:31 – Steps Corinne takes when she feels herself sliding
07:18 – The role of trusted friends and family in early support
07:58 – Why reaching out feels hard but saves lives
08:41 – How to distinguish sadness from clinical depression
09:49 – What crisis lines can and can’t do for recovery
10:25 – How a hotline interrupts dangerous moments
11:02 – Breaking silence: honesty as a survival skill
12:15 – Why honesty is a gift, not a weakness
12:47 – The power of small interventions in recovery
13:18 – “Few problems thrive in silence, isolation, and shame.”
13:42 – Closing reflections and encouragement to act early
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