16/10/2025
🌧️ Understanding Depression: It’s More Than Just Sadness 🍀
💡 When we hear “depression,” we often think it just means feeling sad.
💡But depression is much deeper, it affects how you think, feel, and function every single day.
💡It’s not a sign of weakness. It’s a health condition, and it’s treatable.
✍️Common Signs and Symptoms
Depression can look different for everyone, but here are some of the most common experiences:
✅Persistent sadness or emptiness that doesn’t go away
✅Feeling drained, hopeless, or helpless
✅Sleeping too little or too much
✅Loss of interest in things once enjoyed
✅Changes in appetite or weight
✅Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
✅Physical aches or fatigue without clear cause
✅Feeling worthless, guilty, or unmotivated
✅Thoughts of death or self-harm
☀️If you recognize yourself or someone you care about in these signs, please reach out.
✍️🍀You are NOT alone.🍀
✍️How Therapy Can Help?
☀️Therapy gives you tools and understanding to heal from within.
Through counselling, you can:
🌟Learn how to identify and challenge negative thought patterns
💫Build coping strategies for daily stress
🌟Reconnect with your goals, values, and identity
💫Process emotional pain safely and openly
🌟Develop healthier routines, sleep, and relationships
💫Learn mindfulness and self-compassion
🌟Restore confidence and a sense of purpose
At Gaborone Rehabilitation & Emergency Centre, our trained counsellors use evidence-based approaches to support your recovery, step by step.
✍️🌱 Self-Care Tips While You Heal:
💕Talk to someone you trust — don’t isolate yourself
👌Keep a simple daily routine (sleep, meals, sunlight)
💕Move your body gently, even short walks help
👌Avoid alcohol or substances that worsen low mood
💕Write or journal your feelings instead of bottling them up
👌Celebrate small wins, healing takes time
💕Seek professional help early, it makes a big difference
💙 Remember: Depression is not who you are, it is something you’re experiencing, and with the right help, you can recover.
📞Contacts: 3111025 or 74 070 001