And I tell myself that if you don't really know what you don't hit the bottom, the good things are. So when I felt absolutely as it if I'd hit the rock bottom, was starting then to feel quite joyful because I knew it was going to get better, and gradually it did.... Yes I did. Yeh I could then see this cyclical pattern, it was like being on a you know. You'd and then scenic railway drop down into the depths hit the very good for [er] thinking up schemes, and some of heights. The heights were them were a maybe, but I got to use it if that's the right thing. bit over the top (DP01 male, 35) Here the metaphor is reiterated several times, as is in the following: ‘hit’ ‘drag’ consciousness in this warm safe environment and suddenly …..developed I've got forcep marks there, that's where dragged out to bright cold. I was that's where they turned my head with the forceps. (DP23 male, dragged out, 50) Discussion Linguistic analysis of metaphor suggests the potential for its role in revealing the concepts underlying the experience of depression as well as communicating the emotional intensity of the experience to listeners. However metaphor mixing may be more effective in doing this than metaphor repetition. Metaphors are like a series of
And I tell myself that if you don't hit the bottom, you don't really know what the good things are. So when I felt absolutely as if I'd hit the rock bottom, it was starting then to feel quite joyful because I knew it was going to get better, and gradually it did.... Yes I did. Yeh I could then see this cyclical pattern, it was like being on a scenic railway you know. You'd drop down into the depths and then hit the heights. The heights were very good for [er] thinking up schemes, and some of them were a bit over the top maybe, but I got to use it if that's the right thing. (DP01 male, 35) Here the metaphor ‘hit’ is reiterated several times, as is ‘drag’ in the following: …..developed consciousness in this warm safe environment and suddenly dragged out to bright cold. I've got forcep marks there, that's where I was dragged out, that's where they turned my head with the forceps. (DP23 male, 50) Discussion Linguistic analysis of metaphor suggests the potential for its role in revealing the concepts underlying the experience of depression as well as communicating the emotional intensity of the experience to listeners. However metaphor mixing may be more effective in doing this than metaphor repetition. Metaphors are like a series of
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