Usually means: Continuous decline in performance, mood.
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  1. downward spiral: Merriam-Webster
  2. downward spiral: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. downward spiral: Wiktionary
  4. Downward Spiral, Downward spiral, The Downward Spiral, The downward spiral: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. downward spiral: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (downward spiral)

noun:  (figurative) A series of thoughts or actions which feeds back into itself, causing a situation to become progressively worse.

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