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downheartedness

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See: damper, pessimism


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After following more than 1,200 cardiac patients for 19 years, people who displayed hopelessness or negative affect (defined as downheartedness, irritability, and restlessness) had a much higher risk of dying than those with other depressive symptoms.
Yet our downheartedness is leavened by a measure of pride.
 
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