Case 11 Frustration

“Me and my big mouth!”

As Allen thinks about the last two years of his life, it makes him angry. He’s tired all of the time; in fact, it’s a chore just to get up in the morning. He is bored with his programming job and he despises his Ms. Know-It-All boss. His co-workers aren’t any better. And friends? Of course, he doesn’t have any, thanks to his bitter divorce.

While riding the train to work, Allen thinks about what he’ll do after work—that makes him angry too since he’ll rush home and probably have to discipline his two kids for their falling grades, not doing their chores, etc. Miring down in self-pity about how things ...

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