Depression as an Escape from Burden of Life: Analysis of Interviews

Vol.7,No.2(2016)

Magda Bartošková Vladimír Chrz

https://doi.org/10.5817/AI2016-2-87

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Abstract
This study aims to explore the inner world of people suffering from depression. The main goal lied an attempt to explore a structure of „depressive mode of life“ in a way it is experienced by depressive individuals. Four people hospitalized in Prague Psychiatric Centre were interviewed. Methods of Grounded theory and discursive analysis revealed specific features common for „depressive way of thinking“. Results of the study showed that depressive individuals manifest deficit in introspection. They do not perceive themselves as the authors of their lives and they manifest a tendency to look for external and estranged meanings of life. Combination of these attributes was found to be possible psychological cause leading towards the outburst of depressive disorder. Research results were found to be similar with E. Fromm´s concept of moral masochism and C.G. Jung´s energetic model of libido. Both models were created by the authors to explain dynamics of depression.

Keywords:
Depression; introspection; authorship; meaning of life; E. Fromm; C. G. Jung
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