D01 · Depression and Rumination
Depressive low mood
Heavy low mood, loss of vitality and the narrowing of perception into a grey, closed world.
Cues
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“Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed a perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear.”
“To help others and be eager to share, not to be a pessimist, and never to doubt your friends’ affection for you.”
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but Nature’s sources never fail.”
“I begin to have intimations, now, of a return to some deep self that has been too absorbed and too battered to function for a long time.”
“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, he is my creature, and [in spite of] all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me.”