Depression as an Escape from Burden of Life

Authors

  • Magda Bartoskova Charles University in Prague, Department of Psychology at Faculty of Education, Myslikova 7, 110 00, Prague 1, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20151.101.107

Keywords:

depression, introspection, authorship of life, external life meaning, qualitative research, C.G. Jung

Abstract

This study aims to explore the inner world of people suffering from depressive disorder. Four people hospitalized in Prague Psychiatric Centre were interviewed. Method of Grounded Theory and discursive analysis revealed a specific way of depressive thinking and experiencing the self and the outer world. Depressive individuals manifest deficit in introspection. They do not perceive themselves as the authors of their lives and they show a tendency to look for external, estranged meanings of life. Combination of these attributes was found to be possible psychological cause leading towards the outburst of depressive disorder. Significant similarities were found between research results and C.G. Jung´s understanding of depressed people, which he describes through energetic model of libido.

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Published

2020-01-03

How to Cite

Bartoskova, M. . (2020). Depression as an Escape from Burden of Life. Journal of Education Culture and Society, 6(1), 101–107. https://doi.org/10.15503/jecs20151.101.107

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2015): Journal of Education Culture and Society

Section

EXPERIENCE

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