The 10 Different Types of Depression
Most people talk about depression like it’s a single diagnosis—something you can fix with a pill, a pep talk, or a few therapy sessions. But that’s not how it works. In this powerful video, spiritual director Britt Hartley breaks down the different “flavors” of depression, showing how each one demands a different kind of care. From burnout and trauma to existential despair and anhedonia, Britt walks us through a new map for understanding mental suffering in a way that actually helps.
Whether you’ve been through the therapy circuit, tried every self-help tool, or just feel like nothing is working—this conversation offers compassion, clarity, and practical tools tailored to the type of depression you may be living with. This isn’t about quick fixes or pop-psych slogans. It’s about naming the pain you’re in so you can finally find your way out.
Resources:
No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Belief Required: https://bit.ly/NNSBook
What Is The Void: https://bit.ly/TheVoidyt
Religious Deconstruction: https://bit.ly/RELDecon
All My Available Courses: https://bit.ly/NNSCourses
Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction Opens
01:05 Mental Health Landscape
02:47 Why Labels Fail
04:15 Depression is Plural
06:04 Situational Depression
07:52 Burnout Breakdown
09:45 Seasonal Affective Disorder
11:18 Postpartum Realities
12:49 Grief vs Depression
14:22 Trauma-Based Depression
16:01 Existential Depression
18:17 Anhedonia Explained
19:42 Therapy Mismatch
21:33 Cognitive vs Somatic
23:19 Tool Matching
25:10 Psychedelics & Hope
27:15 Healing Isn’t Linear
28:57 Final Thoughts
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About Me:
Britt Hartley is a certified atheist spiritual director with a Master’s in Theology focusing on the future of American religion. She wrote the bestselling book *No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools, No Faith Required*. If you’re struggling with existential crises, nihilism, or feeling lost in meaninglessness. On this channel you’ll find weekly videos where Britt provides practical, science-based tools to help you navigate the void. Instead of relying on old gods or New Age trends, she offers clear, actionable advice for finding your way through the deep, challenging questions of life.
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ssri's are poison… after coming off of those after 7 years i had a 3 year mental breakdown… vile stuff. 5htp is natural and works so much better!
Very grateful for your work!
Your definition of summer depression sounds like bipolar depression, mixed state.
You are so fucking good. I, for one, am “blessed” that you are living among us.
Thank you so much. One thing for the body, one thing for the mind, one day at a time, finding an upward spiral. A new favourite channel. God Bless
Tomorrow, I will be four weeks out from my 5 g "heroic dose" of psilocybin. It has done so much for me, but I would still caution anyone else thinking about this to do some serious research about how to stay safe, what to expect, and how to get the most out of it. One of my favorite books on the topic is "Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion", by Michelle Janakian.
Regarding the winter depression, I do use a "happy light" to help with my circadian rhythm sometimes in the wintertime. I will add that I live in a place that is known for sunny weather even as the days shorten in winter, and recently, I've been using the happy light less because I felt like I was using it as a crutch to try to push myself to do more when my body was crying out for more downtime. Just my $0.02 on that!
I think your chapters are wrong. I went to the one called “Situational Depression” and you seem to be talking about SAD.
A song about existential depression: " Ticking away the moments that make-up a dull day, You fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way, Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown, Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain And you are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today, And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you, No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun. And you run and you run to catch up with sun but it's sinking, Racing around to come behind you again, The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death. Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time, Plans that either come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines, Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way, The time is gone, the song is over, thought i'd something more to say. By Roger Waters
Enneagram 4w5 and INTP lol, that explains a lot. I do have pretty much all of these except post-partum so this was helpful in identifying them and how they differ from each other, because sometimes it just feels like it's all mixed together.
5:11 it's the most woo?? There's actually science behind it now. But even if there isn't it doesn't mean it doesn't work. Ancients have talked about acoustic levitation for thousands of years and 'science' just discovered it like a few years ago so, you know.
Research Depression and gut microbiome.
11:41 that just doesn't sound right. Like, granted, I Am a male so. But just biologically it doesn't seem right to me. Like it's stuff like this that makes me ask, Does nobody else question whether it's a society thing or not? Bc naturally, that's not natural lol.
I don't know why, but hearing about other people making it through their depression just makes me more depressed. I guess deep down a part of me thinks mine will never end.
16:36 can you even phantom why that would be? I think it has to do with personal expression and like people would say, getting yourself out of your shell.
And rituals and all of that crap is just psychological manipulation. It works if you buy into it and don't know what's really going on. It's like the law of attraction. And scientifically the placebo helps people too so.
Thank you!
Being someone that resonated with your final thoughts, I just think it'd be really nice to be able to talk to people like us. If I had that I feel like it would at least make all the other crap a lot more manageable