After the general discussion, we routinely ask each individual, “What gives you hope?”
....In my view, hopelessness entails an unreasonable sense of certainty:
The future will turn out badly. My favorite response to the question,
“What gives you hope?” was this: “I can be surprised!”
Hopelessness is one reason that many depressed persons must rely on borrowed hope.
There are many potential lenders of hope, and patients most often
respond to our question (What gives you hope?) by referring to family
members and other loved ones.
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