Abnormal Psychology: Rumination and Depression
Abnormal Psychology
Rumnation and Depression
Rumination is defined as the “engagement in contemplation or reflection. It also can be equivocally understood by going over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly.” However, depression on the other hand is “a state of unhappiness and hopelessness that can lead up to a lack of energy, inability to sleep, and, sometimes, suicidal tendencies.” After the dissection of these denotations, individuals can conclude that the theory of rumination is linked to depression. Ultimately, this becomes a big factor within the majority of patients and their overall cognitive ability regarding ruminating thoughts. Due to the fact that questions arose pertaining to the methods tested, mentally ill patients were compared to healthy and stable patients that led to the discovery of outcomes within these methods. (Bing; Webster)
According to Zetsche, “depressed individuals show impairments in inhibiting irrelevant emotional material. Cognitive inhibition, however, is not a unitary construct but consists of several components which operate at different stages of information processing.” The perceivable interpretation that is understood relates to the ability of the mind being able to block out irrelevant information when trying to focus on a task at hand. Nevertheless, lacking cognitive inhibition likely translates to the mind drifting from time to time, creating a more difficult problem to the actual task at hand. Depending on the consistency, the lack of cognitive inhibition can lead the mind into an excessive state of rumination. Through this process, the mind will get so frustrated to the extent that it doesn’t remember what to focus on. After so much frustration, the mind will begin to doubt its productive capabilities leading it into severe cases of depression. (Zetsche Relation)
Although the average individual has more mental inhibition to irrelevant information than someone in a
Rumnation and Depression
Rumination is defined as the “engagement in contemplation or reflection. It also can be equivocally understood by going over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly.” However, depression on the other hand is “a state of unhappiness and hopelessness that can lead up to a lack of energy, inability to sleep, and, sometimes, suicidal tendencies.” After the dissection of these denotations, individuals can conclude that the theory of rumination is linked to depression. Ultimately, this becomes a big factor within the majority of patients and their overall cognitive ability regarding ruminating thoughts. Due to the fact that questions arose pertaining to the methods tested, mentally ill patients were compared to healthy and stable patients that led to the discovery of outcomes within these methods. (Bing; Webster)
According to Zetsche, “depressed individuals show impairments in inhibiting irrelevant emotional material. Cognitive inhibition, however, is not a unitary construct but consists of several components which operate at different stages of information processing.” The perceivable interpretation that is understood relates to the ability of the mind being able to block out irrelevant information when trying to focus on a task at hand. Nevertheless, lacking cognitive inhibition likely translates to the mind drifting from time to time, creating a more difficult problem to the actual task at hand. Depending on the consistency, the lack of cognitive inhibition can lead the mind into an excessive state of rumination. Through this process, the mind will get so frustrated to the extent that it doesn’t remember what to focus on. After so much frustration, the mind will begin to doubt its productive capabilities leading it into severe cases of depression. (Zetsche Relation)
Although the average individual has more mental inhibition to irrelevant information than someone in a
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