Depressive Mental State

A Depressive Mental State is a mental state that is characterized by a pervasive and persistent low mood that is accompanied by low self-esteem and by an loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Clinical Depression to being a Philosophical Depression.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Fulfilled State.
  • a Happy State.
• See: Sad State.

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References

2010

• (Haidt, 2010) ⇒ Jonathan Haidt. (2010). “Jonathan Haidt's Response to (Wolf, 2010).” In: (Wolf, 2010), Princeton University Press. ISBN:9781400834594
  • QUOTE: .... This was not a clinical depression with thoughts of personal worthlessness and a yearning for death. It was, rather, the kind of funk that Woody Allen's characters so often exhibited in his early movies. …

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