Positive Future-Oriented Cognition As Protective Versus Harmful: Implications for Depression and Suicide

We examine positive future-oriented cognitions as helpful versus harmful, including: repetitive positive future-oriented cognitions that decrease hopelessness, depression, and suicidal ideation; positive future-oriented cognitions that interfere with optimism and increase vulnerability to depression through rumination; and how using emotions as information affects positive and negative future-event anticipations following negative moods.