A journey from darkness to dawn: Metaphoric variation in depression recovery stories posted on Chinese Wechat subscription accounts

Lin Lin , Rui Zhou , Jia-jia Wang
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Despite volumes of research on depression-related conceptual metaphors and the therapeutic function of client-generated metaphors, seldom efforts have been made to unveil clients’ positive changes signified by metaphoric variation in the context of recovery. Based on depression recovery stories posted on Chinese Wechat subscription accounts, this study unpicks evolved metaphoric patterns indicative of positive changes regarding altered attitudes toward depression, social interaction and healthcare services during depressed patients’ recovery. It is found that these varying patterns can be mostly decoded based on correspondence and class inclusion metaphor types, developing from specific original source-target relations or original elements of the sources, while the rest of them can be realized by the introduction of new sources or targets for elaborating new experience and outcomes. They reflect depression survivors’ positive thinking patterns, self-empowerment and resilience, and convey their experience-licensed suggestions and encouragement to peers. Additionally, this study discusses how the Chinese socio-cultural values play a vital role in the understanding of depression-related metaphors and their variation, and provides implications for the application of metaphoric techniques in healthcare practice with socio-cultural sensitivity.
从黑暗到黎明的旅程:中国b微信订阅账户上发布的抑郁症康复故事的隐喻变化
尽管对抑郁症相关的概念隐喻和客户产生的隐喻的治疗功能进行了大量研究,但很少有人努力揭示在康复背景下隐喻变化所表明的客户的积极变化。本研究以b微信订阅账户上发布的抑郁症康复故事为基础,揭示了抑郁症患者在康复过程中对抑郁症、社会互动和医疗服务的态度发生积极变化的隐喻模式。研究发现,这些变化模式大多可以根据对应和类包含隐喻类型进行解码,从特定的原始源-目标关系或源的原始元素发展而来,其余则可以通过引入新的源或目标来阐述新的经验和结果来实现。它们反映了抑郁症幸存者积极的思维模式、自我赋权和复原力,并将他们的经验授权的建议和鼓励传达给同龄人。此外,本研究探讨了中国社会文化价值观如何在理解抑郁相关隐喻及其变异中发挥重要作用,并为隐喻技术在具有社会文化敏感性的医疗实践中的应用提供了启示。
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