Stressful events interpreted with a negative explanatory style can encourage dampened mood states that lead to behavioral withdr
awal and subsequent social rejection by others. This best illustrates A) bipolar disorder.
B) learned helplessness.
C) depression's vicious cycle.
D) rumination.
A vicious cycle of depression is a very difficult situation to get out of if we are not aware of the importance of our thoughts, emotions and actions. This cycle can be conceptualized as a succession of stressful events interpreted in a negative explanatory style that can encourage attenuated moods that lead to behavioral withdrawal and subsequent social rejection by others.
More explanatory, the vicious cycle of depression could be summarized as follows: After an extravagant event one has thoughts about oneself: “I am good for nothing”; about the world: “People are bad and no one can be trusted”; and about the future: "I will never find a decent job and I will not do it as a person." These thoughts make us feel very bad, hopeless and sad, which causes us to lose interest in almost anything, causes fluctuations of humorus and makes us want to isolate ourselves from everything and everyone.
