The bounce back up.

Oh man does it feel good to feel good again.

Hi, I'm Christopher Craven; you may remember me from my blog posts such as "How I rescued humanity from an epidemic of miniature horses" and "Don't go putting thing's where they're not supposed to."

If, and that is a rather normal looking if, composed of an I, and an f. Even in the correct order too, you had been following my posts you would have seen a rather abysmal portrayal of teen angst in an early 20's guy. I'm sure it was cringe inducing for you to read, and I applaud you managed to avoid pulling your internal organs out through your own bellybutton (innie, outie,  they all pierce through with a blade all the same) whilst smashing your head against against a stereo playing Miley Cyrus's 'I came in like a wrecking ball'.

Today, it may have started average with little to no motivation, but sure enough the smallest social interactions have lifted my mood, which has left me realizing this is a valuable tool in getting myself to be in a better mindset to take on life.

This may be hard to believe, but yes, if you consider yourself a socialite, and you then preceeded to not allow anyone to talk to you, it will leave you sitting in an endless cycle of your own mantra telling you that there's nothing worth getting up to try and do to feel better, because right now you obviously feel like crap, so this is how you should feel.

From a logical standpoint,  thus is a very irrational way of thinking,  but humans are not robots,  and our day to day moods impact our daily choices more than most people may realize. I had outside influences out of my control leaving me to feel down. Logically doing something to improve said mood makes sense,  but the brain doesn't work like that with emotions.
If you're confident,  in a positive,  reflective mood, your choices will be more based on continuing that feel good progression. 
If you're down, wanting to feel better, you begin different trains of thought,  starting it's own cycle of letting you make decisions which further, and further your downward spiral.

But why? Don't we prefer being happy over feeling miserable? Why would the human brain encourage us to feel bad once we start feeling bad?
There are scientific answers to these questions, as well as psychological ones, and I will be going more into depth about my analysis of how a downward spiral begins, why it is so hard to stop, and what is the best thing to do to lift yourself up.

Right now, I need to go and drop off more resumes, so feel free to follow if you are keen to see a psychological break down on the test subject: Me.