I see a lot of people who come to me with features of depression, anxiety, stress, burnout, insomnia, and sometimes even suicidal thoughts. When you dig a little deeper, it's usually because of one or more stressful life events - death in the family, marital discord, separation, divorce, relationship breakups, losing a job, caring for a sick family member etc. In conventional psychiatry, you only need 2 weeks of depressive symptoms to be diagnosed with depression without need