Is the cup half full or half empty? The question is, of course, designed to elicit whether you are an optimist or a pessimist. People like classification. It makes life easier, and for most of the time the system works reasonably well. That is, until the time it doesn't and it's back to the drawing board.
When it comes to depression, we also like to classify patterns of thinking. The depressed person has a pattern of thinking that emphasizes a negative distortion of facts. It seems to be...
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Hi everybody In my last post I asked the question, Are you an optimist, pessimist, or a depressive realist? We had such a good... Read more »
One of the most common questions asked by ‘talking therapists' is what the patient wants or expects from therapy. It's a good question... Read more »
If you suffer from depression you may have been told at one point or another that your thinking is distorted and that you have unrealistic... Read more »
Altered neurotransmitter (serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine) levels are responsible for clinical depression symptoms in many people. Diets low... Read more »
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Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Depression is a medical disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, hopelessness, pessimism, guilt, and a general loss of interest in life,... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us feel this way at one time or another for short... Read more »
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