I think this is quite accurate for me. A talking point for that would be intersubjectivity. I already made a thread about that.
It is hard to seperate cognitive thinking processes with the mood one has. I mean by that we perceive this world always through a certain filter. It is extremely difficult (in my opinion) to perceive the world how it actually is. Depending on the metaphysical beliefs some people would argue it was even fully impossible.
When I am very depressed I have a more negative view of the world and of humankind. And I think vice versa with a positive mood it is similar but not completely the same.
I find it interesting there is this doomscrolling phenomena. If one consumes too many negative news article/stories there can be negative consequences for your mental health. Maybe I am not that aware about that. I am a news-junkie but also always anxious as fuck. However I always was like that. And personally I don't think there is a connection in my case.
I wondered. Some media outlets have the category "only positive news" nowadays. I can understand that maybe this is good for people's mental health but I would be worried about the bias which could be the result of that.
When I was depressive I was very pessimistic about my future. I thought I could fully predict my future in a precise way. I think I have some congitive distortions on that. I try to become more agnostic towards the future. Many things I never saw coming actually happened. It is pretty hard to predict the future due the a huge factor of uncertainty. Though I am a control freak and an uncertain future always makes me panic. I try to be prepared for the worst. However at the same time I do everything I can to avoid a self-fulfiling prophecy.
There are different kind of biases. I read about positive and negative shifts/biases in thinking processes. I don't know what is the scientific answer with the most profound empirical data.
But I can say when I was manic I was too enthusiastic about me and environment. And when I was severely depressed I was completely desperate and tended to deep nihilism. I am glad I quit nihilism after a while because this world view was quite depressing. There were reciprocal effects between my mood and this world view. But maybe one day I wlll again lean to that when major depression returns.
Okay maybe one thing to add. I became a leftwinger after all my suffering. Not really related to my mood. But related to my severe struggle and suffering I started to realize how fucked up this world is when you are a mental wreck and cannot work. I won't go into details because this is not the right sub-forum.
It is hard to seperate cognitive thinking processes with the mood one has. I mean by that we perceive this world always through a certain filter. It is extremely difficult (in my opinion) to perceive the world how it actually is. Depending on the metaphysical beliefs some people would argue it was even fully impossible.
When I am very depressed I have a more negative view of the world and of humankind. And I think vice versa with a positive mood it is similar but not completely the same.
I find it interesting there is this doomscrolling phenomena. If one consumes too many negative news article/stories there can be negative consequences for your mental health. Maybe I am not that aware about that. I am a news-junkie but also always anxious as fuck. However I always was like that. And personally I don't think there is a connection in my case.
I wondered. Some media outlets have the category "only positive news" nowadays. I can understand that maybe this is good for people's mental health but I would be worried about the bias which could be the result of that.
When I was depressive I was very pessimistic about my future. I thought I could fully predict my future in a precise way. I think I have some congitive distortions on that. I try to become more agnostic towards the future. Many things I never saw coming actually happened. It is pretty hard to predict the future due the a huge factor of uncertainty. Though I am a control freak and an uncertain future always makes me panic. I try to be prepared for the worst. However at the same time I do everything I can to avoid a self-fulfiling prophecy.
There are different kind of biases. I read about positive and negative shifts/biases in thinking processes. I don't know what is the scientific answer with the most profound empirical data.
But I can say when I was manic I was too enthusiastic about me and environment. And when I was severely depressed I was completely desperate and tended to deep nihilism. I am glad I quit nihilism after a while because this world view was quite depressing. There were reciprocal effects between my mood and this world view. But maybe one day I wlll again lean to that when major depression returns.
Okay maybe one thing to add. I became a leftwinger after all my suffering. Not really related to my mood. But related to my severe struggle and suffering I started to realize how fucked up this world is when you are a mental wreck and cannot work. I won't go into details because this is not the right sub-forum.
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