spiral down (verb) : to pursue a winding, downward course or a course that displays a twisting form or shape*
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Ah, the spiral down into depression. Not a lot of information on this as a technical term, but all the chirpy folks at Psychology Today indicate that the spiral could go up OR down. This is based on the theory of "social contagion", where one can change his or her mood by smiling or thinking happy thoughts and hanging out with those "turn that frown upside down" folks. (If you can find them.)
I'm not sure I buy the social contagion theory, since we're all responsible for our own feelings in the end: anything less and you're giving up power over your emotions, anything more and you're an Empath.**
But I guess it's better than the trip down the spiral.
*For the super observant, the 'my world' photo is looking up the staircase, isn't it?
** http://www.tv.com/star-trek/the-empath/episode/24950/summary.html
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