Artemisia Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Typically, "mood reactivity"--out in the vastness of the Internets anyway--is defined as experiencing mood improvement in response to positive events in life. Does the opposite trend--the worsening of mood after "bad" events--also qualify as mood reactivity? Or is it "normal" for the melancholically depressed to also start feeling worse after something "depressing" happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Yes, bad-to-worse qualifies as mood reactivity. Good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lachesis Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 The pdoc gave me a book put out by a psych research centre that said positive mood reactivity happens with atypical depression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 My bad. I was looking at a Benazzi article that describes mood-reactivity as depression that lightens in response to positive life events, but also describes it as rapid plunging back into depression in response to negative life events. However, he's talking about the overlap between atypical depression, borderline PD, and bipolar II. So not agood source, really. I will try to link to it when I am not on this phone. Thanks, Lachesis! eta: as opposed to rejection sensitivity, which is also common in atypical depression... I am not digging the iPhone experience (waiting for a friend and playing with her phone.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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