Shades of depression in the cave
Shades of depression in the cave Contents Introduction 1 Cave Entry 2 Loss of meaning 2 Treatment 2 Social Element 3 Treatment 4 What then keeps us in the cave? 5 Learned helplessness 5 Punishment 5 Cognitive\Behavioural maintaining factors 5 Social element 5 Finally Time 6 Treatment 7 Summary 8 References 8 Introduction In evolutionary terms, depressive symptoms can be seen a defensive reaction. Paul Gilbert sees depression as a return to the cave when overwhelmed to recuperate before returning back to the fray. This seems to agree with clients who talk of their depressive symptoms of not wanting to socialise for fear of being judged as boring or uninteresting, or not wanting to do things as they wouldn...