Sentences with phrase «in downward spiral»

Fortunately we have a lot of big windows so our house stays pretty bright most of the time, yet when the clouds hang over us on the dreariest of Seattle days and the winds begin to howl, it's up to me to not let myself get swept up in the downward spiral of darkness I see around me right outside those windows.

It soon became a popular destination for freed African - American slaves looking for a better education system and infrastructure, but the arrival of «Negro Districts» in the late 1920s set Clarksville in a downward spiral.

«Before visiting Dawn, my life was in a downward spiral.

The work is collaborative and the task is to access emotions and behaviors that have your relationship stuck in a downward spiral.

Life should never be in a downward spiral after tying the knot.

Likewise, under stress, thinking can become defensive and distorted, and feed negative feelings in a downward spiral.

After a time, a couple can find themselves in a downward spiral of withdraw / attack leaving both hurt, angry, confused and lonely.

But when we are caught in a downward spiral, and it feels impossible to get out from within the strength of its force, the ability to reach out to your partner physically, emotionally, or energetically, is difficult but necessary.

And once emotional distance starts growing, couples may find themselves in a downward spiral: the further apart you feel, the greater the distance to overcome and the more space between you to fill with other demands on your time, thus the less sex you have, leading to more emotional distance...

It is equally powerful and touching to watch couples learn what is getting them stuck in a downward spiral and begin reaching out and being there for each other in a new way.

Partners often find themselves trapped in a downward spiral, rehashing the «same» conversations over and over again, desperate to be heard.

Despite what initially seems like it could end in a downward spiral, self - compassion has been found to have a significant correlation with positive mental health and greater life satisfaction.

Feeling stuck or in a downward spiral?

When it comes to teens — the aftermath of their parents» divorce can send them in a downward spiral of depression.

This scarcity is needed, they think, to prevent a tragedy of the commons type of situation, where miners end up in a downward spiral undercutting each other's fees to the point where transactions are almost free.

Cryptocurrency markets have been locked in a downward spiral for weeks on end.

Uber's reputation is still in a downward spiral, especially after the numerous scandals and lawsuits it had to face over the past year alone.

Over the past 18 months, Facebook has been in a downward spiral.

Notably, depleting the cash value with a withdrawal may mean the policy will still ultimately need another contribution (i.e., more premiums) to sustain in the long run; nonetheless, if the cash value is in a downward spiral towards lapse anyway, a withdrawal to repay the loan will help extend the life of the policy, given that the crediting rate of the cash value is always lower than the interest rate of the loan compounding against it (which for newer policies might be a 0.5 % to 1 % spread, but on older policies can be a 2 % spread or more).

But if things continue in a downward spiral and you know management is holding back some obvious truths, it may be time to leave your company.

Not enough credit is being given to the role the record breaking cost of gas played in the downward spiral of our economy.

Serreze said, «The sea ice cover is in a downward spiral and may have passed the point of no return.

Set in 1930s Chicago, «Native Son» tells the dramatic story of Bigger Thomas, a young black man caught in a downward spiral after he suffocates a white woman.

When you are trying to be more edgy than the Saatchi collection or hipper than the Turner Prize, you quickly find yourself in a downward spiral with no room for manoeuvre.

To encourage people playing your game to go off and play something else instead of the game you've (presumably) lovingly built, or face being engulfed in a downward spiral of losing, where you play a level you already lost to over again at a disadvantage.

In Downward Spiral: Prologue's Journey mode, play through the story solo or in Co-op mode with a friend or stranger.

They are getting less and less new players to go to their systems while alienating their fans with lack of 3rd party support / weak system and I see them continuing in that downward spiral.

Lately the microphones on gaming orientated headsets seem to be in a downward spiral, heading toward the ground in some sort of strange death - dive, but the G933's mic delivered acceptable clarity, even if it was a little hollow.

The economy ultimately ends up in a downward spiral.

Some are convinced that the U.S. is in a downward spiral and don't want to invest in the world's largest and most diversified economy.

General Electric stock has been in a downward spiral for more than a year.

Everything pretty much started going in a downward spiral.

Mia's life has been headed in a downward spiral recently that leaves her doubting herself and the choices she has made.

As David Madland, Managing Director for Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress, has argued, middle - class wages are in a downward spiral in many professions.

«At some point, the slow leak of the most motivated students and families can put traditional schools in a downward spiral they can't recover from,» said Jeffrey Henig, an education professor at Teachers College at Columbia University in New York.

Daphne Engel, You turned freshman English into a ringing affirmation of possibility for a 14 - year - old boy in a downward spiral of misery.

Williams runs from one broken situation to the next, dragging the viewer along with him in this downward spiral of a film.

This is Tommy Gavin [Denis Leary] we're talking about — the firefighter who's been in a downward spiral ever since 9/11.

A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics.

In watching the film, you come to appreciate Al Pacino's off - kilter approach and his counterpart (sort of like a Sienna Miller naturally good looking girl next door) in Kitty Winn, whose Helen makes an almost conscious decision to join Bobby in his downward spiral is just as riveting.

On Dead Men Tell No Tales, the ghost of an foe returns to plague Jack even s his luck is in a downward spiral.

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I do my best to eat a clean diet and regularly give my body a chance to expel those nasty toxins so I don't end up in a downward spiral.

A tough day with the kids, being low on sleep, or a small argument with Jake would put me in a downward spiral and I'd run to food for comfort.

If you do not keep on moving, you can get locked in a downward spiral, as inactivity along with pain may, in a worst case scenario, become lasting disability as well as an inability to function that, consequently, can result in depressed mood and even more pain.

We clung to the stories that cast us as victims, failed to open our hearts to how the other might be feeling, landed flat on the bottom of the ocean, got stuck in a downward spiral of judgment, blame, shame, and withdrawal, and never managed to get back up again.

I was in a downward spiral and, without my dad, I didn't know where to turn for help.»

«American society is in a downward spiral of interreligious intolerance,» said Michael Pasek, a doctoral student in social psychology and the lead investigator on the research.

In 2015, Lundblad alleges that Brody told her that her science was «in a downward spiral» and «the field had passed her by.»

Even as it stands, Crick's report is likely to be a game changer — not just in Mitchell's determined drive to be exonerated and get back on the ministerial ladder, but in the downward spiral of the Tory party's worsening relations with the police.