{"id":2343,"date":"2025-02-19T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/self-care\/low-mood-depression\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:53:22","slug":"low-mood-depression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/en\/self-care\/low-mood-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Low mood &amp; depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zo\" id=\"low-mood-depression\">\n<div class=\"zo-hero\"><label class=\"zo-hero-hide\"><input type=\"checkbox\" data-zo-hide=\"low-mood-depression\">Hide this block<\/label><div class=\"zo-hero-in\"><p class=\"zo-hero-greet zo-hero-greet-brique\">Good that you&#039;re taking this step.<\/p><p class=\"zo-hero-tag\">Theme<\/p><h1 class=\"zo-h1\">Low mood &amp; <em>depression.<\/em><\/h1><p class=\"zo-hero-lead\">Everyone feels low sometimes. Usually it passes on its own, but sometimes it lingers: you don&#039;t feel like doing anything, everything takes effort and negative thoughts take over. That&#039;s hard, especially if you feel you&#039;re facing it alone. In this theme you&#039;ll find everything in one place about low mood, lack of energy, negative thought patterns and preventing relapse.<\/p><p class=\"zo-hero-hand\">Good luck!<\/p><\/div><span class=\"zo-hero-img\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/somberheid-hero-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"Low mood &amp; depression\" loading=\"eager\"><span class=\"zo-hero-note\">Looking at yourself with more kindness<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-sec\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M4 5.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 1 6.5 3H20v15H6.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 0 4 20.5z\"\/><path d=\"M4 20.5V5.5M20 18H6.5A2.5 2.5 0 0 0 4 20.5\"\/><path d=\"M8 7.5h8\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Courses<\/h2><a class=\"zo-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/en\/self-care\/courses\/\">More courses<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><div class=\"zo-course\"><span class=\"zo-course-img\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sadness-card-1000-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><div class=\"zo-course-body\"><div class=\"zo-course-head\"><p class=\"zo-course-tag\">Course \u00b7 6 lessons \u00b7 in Dutch<\/p><h3>Low mood &amp; depression<\/h3><p>For anyone who doesn&#039;t feel like doing anything and notices negative thoughts taking over. Five lessons on how low mood develops, becoming more active and looking at your thoughts differently.<\/p><a class=\"zo-course-start\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/somberheid-depressie\/sd-1\/\">Start with lesson 1<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><ol class=\"zo-lessons\" style=\"grid-template-rows:repeat(3,auto)\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/somberheid-depressie\/sd-1\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">1<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Inleiding<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\">5 min lezen<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/somberheid-depressie\/sd-2\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">2<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Somberheid<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" 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fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"11\" width=\"14\" height=\"10\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 11V7a4 4 0 0 1 8 0v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/somberheid-depressie\/sd-5\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">5<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Naar je gedachten kijken<\/span><span class=\"zo-meta\" title=\"after logging in\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"5\" y=\"11\" width=\"14\" height=\"10\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 11V7a4 4 0 0 1 8 0v4\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/zelf-aan-de-slag\/somberheid-depressie\/verbinding-leefstijl-en-wat-er-is-veranderd\/\"><span class=\"zo-n\">6<\/span><span class=\"zo-t\">Verbinding en leefstijl<\/span><span 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Dutch<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-c2\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><rect x=\"3\" y=\"5\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" rx=\"2\"\/><path d=\"M8 21h8M10.5 9v4.5l4-2.25z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Video<\/h2><a class=\"zo-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/en\/self-care\/low-mood-depression\/videos\/\">More videos<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><div class=\"zo-videos zo-videos-top\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-video\" data-zo-video=\"ksp3iSUDqfo\" data-zo-title=\"Learning to look at your thoughts\"><svg class=\"zo-flag\" viewBox=\"0 0 60 30\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"In English\"><clipPath 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6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-row zo-row-media\">\n<div class=\"zo-c4\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"9\" cy=\"8\" r=\"3.2\"\/><path d=\"M3.5 19a5.5 5.5 0 0 1 11 0\"\/><circle cx=\"17\" cy=\"9\" r=\"2.6\"\/><path d=\"M15.5 14.2A4.5 4.5 0 0 1 21 18.5\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Feeling low? You&#039;re really not the only one<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"zo-tabs\" data-zo-tabs=\"\"><p class=\"zo-tabs-intro\">Low mood or depression can happen to anyone. Millions of people go through low periods in their lives. A few people you might not expect:<\/p><div class=\"zo-tablist\" role=\"tablist\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tab is-on\" role=\"tab\" id=\"zo-tab-low-mood-depression-0\" aria-controls=\"zo-story-low-mood-depression-0\" aria-selected=\"true\">Winston Churchill<small>statesman<\/small><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tab\" role=\"tab\" id=\"zo-tab-low-mood-depression-1\" aria-controls=\"zo-story-low-mood-depression-1\" aria-selected=\"false\">J.K. Rowling<small>writer<\/small><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tab\" role=\"tab\" id=\"zo-tab-low-mood-depression-2\" aria-controls=\"zo-story-low-mood-depression-2\" aria-selected=\"false\">Bruce Springsteen<small>musician<\/small><\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"zo-tab\" role=\"tab\" id=\"zo-tab-low-mood-depression-3\" aria-controls=\"zo-story-low-mood-depression-3\" aria-selected=\"false\">Mike Bodd\u00e9<small>comedian<\/small><\/button><\/div><div class=\"zo-tabpanel is-on\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"zo-story-low-mood-depression-0\" aria-labelledby=\"zo-tab-low-mood-depression-0\"><p>Churchill called his depression &quot;the black dog&quot; that kept following him all his life. He told his doctor he preferred not to stand too close to the edge of a platform when a train rushed past. His way out: painting and bricklaying in the garden at Chartwell, for hours on end.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-tabpanel\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"zo-story-low-mood-depression-1\" aria-labelledby=\"zo-tab-low-mood-depression-1\"><p>Rowling was a single mother in Edinburgh, in a deep depression, when she was working on Harry Potter. The Dementors, creatures that suck all hope and happiness out of you, came straight out of that time. She described it as &quot;the cold absence of feeling&quot;.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-tabpanel\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"zo-story-low-mood-depression-2\" aria-labelledby=\"zo-tab-low-mood-depression-2\"><p>Springsteen wrote in his memoir that depression hit him around the age of sixty like &quot;a freight train bearing down on you&quot;, in the middle of one of the most successful periods of his career. He has been in therapy since 1982 and says plainly that it&#039;s the reason he&#039;s still standing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-tabpanel\" role=\"tabpanel\" id=\"zo-story-low-mood-depression-3\" aria-labelledby=\"zo-tab-low-mood-depression-3\"><p>Pianist and comedian Mike Bodd\u00e9 spent five years in a severe depression and was in an isolation cell for a while. In his book Pil and his show Mike Bodd\u00e9 vertelt he talks about it frankly: &quot;It was as if someone had switched off the light and I didn&#039;t know where the switch was.&quot; He performs again now and speaks openly about recovery.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-sec zo-sec-books\"><div class=\"zo-head\"><h2 class=\"zo-h2\"><span class=\"zo-h2-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M12 6.5C10.5 5 8.5 4.5 3 4.5v14c5.5 0 7.5.5 9 2 1.5-1.5 3.5-2 9-2v-14c-5.5 0-7.5.5-9 2z\"\/><path d=\"M12 6.5v14\"\/><\/svg><\/span>Reading tips<\/h2><a class=\"zo-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/en\/self-care\/reading-tips\/\">More reading tips<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><div class=\"zo-books\"><a class=\"zo-book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/p\/depressie-de-dwangmatige-denkziekte\/9300000113092365\/?referrer=socialshare_pdp_www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zo-book-cover\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/depressie-dwangmatige-denkziekte.webp\" alt=\"Cover of Depressie, de dwangmatige denkziekte\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-txt\"><span class=\"zo-kind\">Book<\/span><strong>Depressie, de dwangmatige denkziekte<\/strong><span class=\"zo-book-auth\">Fran\u00e7ois de Waal<\/span><span class=\"zo-book-cta\">View at bol.com<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-tip\" role=\"tooltip\">Through short stories, Fran\u00e7ois de Waal, who has lived through it himself, takes you into the world behind his depression: the road towards it, the search for solutions and the struggle with medication. Raw, honest and full of quotes and reading tips from literature, philosophy, art and science. Comforting and encouraging.<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"zo-book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/p\/mindfulness-en-bevrijding-van-depressie\/1001004004823101\/?referrer=socialshare_pdp_www\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zo-book-cover\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mindfulness-bevrijding-depressie.webp\" alt=\"Cover of Mindfulness en bevrijding van depressie\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-txt\"><span class=\"zo-kind\">Book<\/span><strong>Mindfulness en bevrijding van depressie<\/strong><span class=\"zo-book-auth\">Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal &amp; Jon Kabat-Zinn<\/span><span class=\"zo-book-cta\">View at bol.com<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-tip\" role=\"tooltip\">Four professors lay bare the hidden mechanisms of depression and show why attempts to pull yourself out of it often keep you stuck. With a proven self-help programme that&#039;s easy to apply and guided meditations to break gloomy thought patterns and become more resilient. Recommended by Daniel Goleman.<\/span><\/a>\n<a class=\"zo-book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bol.com\/nl\/nl\/f\/de-mythe-van-normaal\/9300000109255669\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"zo-book-cover\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.gevoelszaken.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/mythe-van-normaal.webp\" alt=\"Cover of De mythe van normaal\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-txt\"><span class=\"zo-kind\">Book<\/span><strong>De mythe van normaal<\/strong><span class=\"zo-book-auth\">Gabor Mat\u00e9<\/span><span class=\"zo-book-cta\">View at bol.com<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 6l6 6-6 6\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><span class=\"zo-book-tip\" role=\"tooltip\">Gabor Mat\u00e9 unpicks the causes of our physical and emotional malaise and shows how \u2018normal\u2019 in a hectic, toxic society is linked to trauma and illness. The key to healing lies in our shared humanity and in embracing who you really are, free of society&#039;s expectations.<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"zo-sec zo-outro\"><span class=\"zo-outro-ico\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.7\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M12 20.5s-7.5-4.6-7.5-10A4.2 4.2 0 0 1 12 8a4.2 4.2 0 0 1 7.5 2.5c0 5.4-7.5 10-7.5 10z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><p>Running into something, or does something on this page raise questions? You don&#039;t have to figure it out on your own. 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