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Try this, try to explain anything without telling a story.  If we can agree that a story is giving meaning to a sequence of events then this is impossible to do.  Take an object such as a flower.  This flower exists independently of ourselves but enter the term flower in a Wikipedia search you will find a lengthy article on the meaning and parts of a flower.  These parts (sequences) together make a whole (story).

 The meaning of any idea, object, feeling, thought, or sensation is imbued with a story.  Symptoms such as feeling down, cannot sleep, life seems grey are usually called depression.  The term depression is giving meaning to these symptoms.  The parts become the whole.  We can then ask deconstructing (fancy word, I know) questions to better examine the parts.  We could ask when did the depression enter your life?  How did depression enter your life?  How is the depression reinforced in your life?  What makes the depression more or less potent?  As you can see this list could go on. 

By deconstructing the story we can get a better picture of the pillars that are upholding the depression.  Then we can start chipping away at those pillars and let the depression fall.

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