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You are here: Home / Health / Why do I get depressed on happy events like my birthday and weddings?

Why do I get depressed on happy events like my birthday and weddings?

June 11, 2020 by Karen Hill

Weddings are happy occasions, but the physical and emotional demands of a wedding can provoke your body’s stress reaction, releasing damaging stress hormones into your brain and triggering your depression. Some other pleasant occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, and vacations can initiate the stress response as well. It really does not matter whether an event is pleasant or unpleasant; if it triggers your body’s stress response, the resulting brain injury can activate your unipolar major depression.

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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