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The concept of despair in any form can not only affect an individual person, but can also arise in and spread through social communities. [7] There are four basic types of despair. Cognitive despair denotes thoughts connected to defeat, guilt, hopelessness and pessimism.
A sense of hopelessness during the recovery period has, in many instances, resulted in adverse health conditions for the patient (i.e. depression and anxiety following the recovery process). [29] Additionally, having a greater amount of hope before and during cognitive therapy has led to decreased PTSD-related depression symptoms in war ...
The Sickness unto Death (Danish: Sygdommen til Døden) is a book written by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in 1849 under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus. A work of Christian existentialism, the book is about Kierkegaard's concept of despair, which he equates with the Christian concept of sin, which he terms "the sin of despair".
People with depression may experience sadness, feelings of dejection or hopelessness, difficulty in thinking and concentration, or a significant change in appetite or time spent sleeping; suicidal thoughts can also be experienced. Depression can have multiple, sometimes overlapping, origins.
America’s hopelessness crisis may have less to do with the economy and more to do with Gen Z’s mental health, new survey shows. Clay Routledge, Andrew Abeyta. March 4, 2024 at 6:36 AM.
Emotional components refer to the feelings, such as emotional pain, despair, helplessness, guilt, anxiety, or loneliness. Cognitive components encompass the problem of meaninglessness, the loss of personal values or spiritual faith, and thinking about death. Behavioral components include addictions, and anti-social and compulsive behavior.
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, as articulated in the second half of the 20th century by Erik Erikson in collaboration with Joan Erikson, [1] is a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory that identifies a series of eight stages that a healthy developing individual should pass through from infancy to late adulthood.
These symptoms can include hopelessness, irritability, a loss of interest in or enjoyment from normal activities, sleep disturbances (insomnia or excessive sleeping), exhaustion, anxiety, psychomotor retardation, feelings of worthlessness, difficulty concentrating, remembering things, and suicidal thoughts.