Teufelskreis

You think you're overweight, which makes you depressed. You are depressed, so you binge on chocolate to make yourself feel better. You binge on chocolate, so you gain even more weight… Welcome to the situation known to the Germans as a "Teufelskreis" - literally "devil's cycle." It's a loop of bad events - each one the cause of the next - and it's very difficult to break. Particularly when chocolate is involved. It's the dreaded vicious circle. Some moments you just feel like giving up, throwing in the towel - and reach for another.