Depression Vicious and Virtuous: Using the Emotion around a powerful Metaphor
We know that human beings are healthiest when they are taking action to help them lead a better balanced life – involving work, relationships, meaning and so on. And the stress they are enduring will be stopping them doing what they need to do.
A key part of rapid healing is therefore to develop a virtuous cycle where action and motivation is getting life needs met. In so doing, emotions subside and become useful once again. And so for depressed people to understand how vicious cycles can lose their forward momentum and be replaced by a virtuous cycle is a massive motivator for action.
This then builds of hope and begin the virtuous cycle at one fell swoop.