"People who thought positively about negative events that were not that severe generally showed a decrease in symptoms of depression over time. So, people who did not get that upset about the small things in life (like miscommunications) tended to feel good about life over time.
People who thought positively about severe negative events, though, actually showed an increase in symptoms of depression over time. The reason for this increase is that these negative events were controllable. By minimizing the importance of things like emotional abuse, people opened themselves up to experience more of it in the future. The continued presence of severe negative events in a person's life led to more symptoms of depression."
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