A new study suggests that people who are vulnerable to depression have a greater desire to engage in maladaptive actions in response to negative social interactions. The findings, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, shed new light on the relationship between major depressive disorder and self-blaming emotional biases. “Self-blaming feelings such as guilt, self-disgust and self-directed anger are key symptoms of depression and Freud is widely credited for pointing to the importance of excessive self-blame in depression,” said study author Roland Zahn, a clinical reader in mood dis…