TY - JOUR AU - Wei Zhe Pui AU - Jamayah Saili PY - 2021/09/25 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Depression Survivors Among Emerging Adults: Their Healing Journey JF - Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development JA - JCSHD VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.33736/jcshd.3863.2021 UR - https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/JCSHD/article/view/3863 AB - This qualitative study explored the healing process of depression survivors among emerging adults with effective coping strategies utilised by them. A semi-structured interview was conducted on participants aged between 18-28 years old. A theme narrating the experience of the depression survivors were identified: The journey of healing - Crawling out of the quicksand. The survivors emphasised that to achieve healing, everything starts from within the self, and they had been putting in a lot of their extra efforts in helping themselves heal. They all went beyond recovery, where their efforts illustrated their focus on healing, thriving, and achieving optimal well-being upon recovery. Significantly, the relevance and applicability of the building blocks of Seligman’s PERMA model of well-being towards those efforts taken were revealed in the study.. ER -