The Psychology of Depression and Anxiety - Dr. Scott Eilers

If the usual depression advice hasn’t helped, it might be because it wasn’t built for your type of depression. I created short quiz to help you identify your pattern and what to do about it.
What if your depression isn’t random… but a pattern you’ve been stuck in for years? The way depression shows up in your life might not be the same as someone else—and understanding your specific pattern could change everything.In this video, I break down the different ways depression operates beneath the surface—how it shapes your thoughts, behaviors, and identity over time, often without you even realizing it.If you’ve ever felt like nothing is working or that you’re “just like this,” this might help you finally see what you’re actually dealing with—and where to start shifting it.
If my podcast has helped, my new book, The Light Between the Leaves, goes even deeper
Next Steps:📩 Get Practical tools for navigating life with depression and anxiety, delivered weekly.
About me:
I know what it is to feel hopelessly stuck and worthless to the world in general. I also know what it is to live without those feelings. I’m both a Clinical Psychology specializing in treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, and a human who has spent more than a decade managing sever depression and anxiety.
Mental Health Coaching with me
Therapy with me (for people in Iowa)
Find me on YouTube
Resources
🪣 Get my free 5-day guide to reclaiming your time and energy despite mental health struggles.
😴 Dramatically improve your sleep in 2 steps with my new Sleep Workbook.
📖 My 1st book: For When Everything is Burning
Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a replacement for receiving treatment. It is purely educational in nature. My relationship with you is that of presenter and audience, not therapist and client.
But I do care.

If the usual depression advice hasn’t helped, it might be because it wasn’t built for your type of depression. I created this short quiz to help you identify your pattern and what to do about it.What if the reason you’re exhausted… isn’t because you’re lazy—but because you’re fighting something no one else can see? Depression and suicidal thoughts can consume enormous mental energy, even when it looks like you’re doing nothing.In this video, I explain what it actually feels like to live with suicidal ideation—the constant pressure, the invisible battle, and why “just getting through the day” can take everything you have.If this is your experience, I want you to know this: you’re not alone in this fight. And even if no one else can see the battle you’re fighting, that doesn’t mean it isn’t real—or that it can’t be won.

If my podcast has helped, ⁠my new book, The Light Between the Leaves⁠, goes even deeper
“I’m a failure.” “I’m worthless.” “I’m behind everyone else.” If you’ve ever had thoughts like these, I want to show you how your mind might be distorting reality.In this video, I break down how depression uses black-and-white thinking, overgeneralization, and selective evidence to convince you that you’re at the bottom. Then I walk you through one of my favorite tools—the Continuum Exercise—so you can actually test those thoughts.In my experience, you’re almost never where your depression says you are. And seeing where you actually fall can give you just enough space to start moving forward again.

Next Steps:📩 Get Practical tools for navigating life with depression and anxiety, delivered weekly.
About me:
I know what it is to feel hopelessly stuck and worthless to the world in general. I also know what it is to live without those feelings. I’m both a Clinical Psychology specializing in treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, and a human who has spent more than a decade managing sever depression and anxiety.
Mental Health Coaching with me
Therapy with me (for people in Iowa)
Find me on YouTube
Resources
🪣 Get my free 5-day guide to reclaiming your time and energy despite mental health struggles.
😴 Dramatically improve your sleep in 2 steps with my new Sleep Workbook.
📖 My 1st book: For When Everything is Burning
Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a replacement for receiving treatment. It is purely educational in nature. My relationship with you is that of presenter and audience, not therapist and client.
But I do care.

Childhood trauma and emotional neglect don’t just disappear when you become an adult. The coping strategies that helped you survive a painful childhood can quietly sabotage your relationships, mental health, and happiness later in life.
In this episode, I explain three common survival strategies people develop in difficult childhoods: losing touch with your needs, feeling disconnected from others, and becoming afraid of vulnerability. These strategies once protected you—but in adulthood they can keep you stuck.
Healing starts when you recognize these patterns and slowly begin to replace them with healthier ways of relating to yourself and other people. The survival skills that once protected you don’t have to control the rest of your life.
If my podcast has helped, my new book, The Light Between the Leaves, goes even deeper
Next Steps:📩 Get Practical tools for navigating life with depression and anxiety, delivered weekly.
About me:
I know what it is to feel hopelessly stuck and worthless to the world in general. I also know what it is to live without those feelings. I’m both a Clinical Psychology specializing in treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, and a human who has spent more than a decade managing sever depression and anxiety.
Mental Health Coaching with me
Therapy with me (for people in Iowa)
Find me on YouTube
Resources
🪣 Get my free 5-day guide to reclaiming your time and energy despite mental health struggles.
😴 Dramatically improve your sleep in 2 steps with my new Sleep Workbook.
📖 My 1st book: For When Everything is Burning
Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a replacement for receiving treatment. It is purely educational in nature. My relationship with you is that of presenter and audience, not therapist and client.
But I do care.

If my podcast has helped, ⁠⁠my new book, The Light Between the Leaves⁠⁠, goes even deeper.
Many people struggling with depression, anxiety, and existential burnout feel like something about modern society just doesn’t work for them.
Sometimes the problem isn’t just your mental health. Sometimes the problem is living in a world that rewards productivity more than compassion and success more than kindness.
Refusing to accept the broken rules of a broken world does not make you a broken person. And sometimes the smallest act of kindness can be the moment that keeps someone going.

Next Steps:📩 Get ⁠Practical tools for navigating life with depression and anxiety⁠, delivered weekly.
About me:
I know what it is to feel hopelessly stuck and worthless to the world in general. I also know what it is to live without those feelings.
I’m both a Clinical Psychology specializing in treatment-resistant depression and anxiety, and a human who has spent more than a decade managing sever depression and anxiety.
⁠Mental Health Coaching with me⁠
⁠Therapy with me⁠ (for people in Iowa)
⁠Find me on YouTube⁠
Resources
🪣 Get my free ⁠5-day guide to reclaiming your time and energy despite mental health struggles⁠.
😴 ⁠Dramatically improve your sleep in 2 steps⁠ with my new Sleep Workbook.
📖 My 1st book: ⁠For When Everything is Burning⁠
Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a replacement for receiving treatment. It is purely educational in nature. My relationship with you is that of presenter and audience, not therapist and client.
But I do care.