People who consider themselves bad or defective or often feel lonely are more likely to develop depression. Here are some ways they can start to heal, writes ArashEmamzadeh
. Both depression and shame often involve feeling defeated, inferior, and even trapped . And in both shame and depression, there is a desperate desire to escape—from one’sSource: LeandroDeCarvalho/PixabayThe research review found that early maladaptive schemas are cognitive risk factors for depression.
Depression was linked most strongly to early maladaptive schemas of defectiveness/shame and social isolation.Feel lonely, different, and disconnected, often fearing that they do not belong or fit in.for who they really are. Without therapy, maladaptive schemas are often strengthened and perpetuated through schema-congruent situations and ineffective coping strategies.of rejection and abandonment, those ashamed of who they are may cope with shame by isolating themselves or keeping others at a distance.