Feeling Blue

Question 1

Adaptivity of painful emotions (squid and bass)

Answer 1

nociceptive sensitization reduces predation risk. Injured squid are alert to predation by bass.

Question 2

Processing Styles

Answer 2

Type 1: quick, not very effortful, not energetically costly

Type 2: attentionally demanding, requires cognitive effort, rumination, engaged in by depressed individuals.

Question 3

Root Cause Analysis & Counterfactual Thoughts

Answer 3

RCA involves an attempt to reconstruct the causal chain of events that led to some problem. CT imagines alternative outcomes to events that have already happened.

Question 4

Self-blaming behaviour…

Answer 4

an attempt to increase your informational state. Could be all your fault, none of your fault, or partially your fault.

Question 5

Behavioural & Characterological Blame

Answer 5

Behavioural blame is modifiable, characterological blame is not– related to esteem. The first is not associated with depressive symptoms but the second is.
Worthlessness is more associated with characterological blame.

Question 6

Evolutionarily informed tips

Answer 6

1. engage with painful feelings 2. analyze root causes and alternatives 3. focus on behaviour 4. be kind to yourself.