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Cognitive Etiology of MDD - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Seligman (1974) used this to explain sadness in humans as learned helplessness, in which the individual gives up attempting to change their surroundings because they have learned that they are powerless as a result of having no control over what occurs to them.
        Although Seligman's account may explain depression to some extent, it fails to take cognitions into account (thoughts).
- - - - Beck asserted that negative schemas might be established as a result of a traumatic occurrence as a child.
      - To activate this negative schema later in life, a stressful life experience is necessary. When the negative schema is triggered, a slew of irrational beliefs and cognitive biases appear to take over.
      - A negative self-schema, on the other hand, predisposes an individual to depression, therefore someone who has developed a cognitive triad will not inevitably get depression.
  - - - Depressed people often see themselves as powerless, useless, and insufficient.
        
        Finally, they perceive the future as completely bleak since their lack of value will prevent their circumstances from improving.
      - As these three components combine, they disrupt normal cognitive processes, resulting in difficulties in perception, memory, and problem solving, as well as the person being fixated with negative ideas.
        
        Ways of thinking:
        The future: "Im hopeless because things will always be this way." The World: "No one loves me." The Self: "Im ugly/ worthless/ a failure."
        
        Each of the negative triad's elements can flow into the others. Feeling worthless might lead to the idea that you will never be loved by others and that your future will be dismal and joyless. Finally, the negative triad can lead to paralysis and despair - why attempt if there is no hope? The core of depression is having uncontrollable bad thoughts, a lack of motivation, and persistent melancholy.
- - - - As an example, imagine someone stealing your cellphone. External - you were in a notoriously perilous scenario.
        You were chosen at random for the theft because you are unstable. To be more specific, it occurred during a Christmas rush sale.