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A SUCCESSFUL “TOTAL FAILURE" OMARGARET, A PROMINENT BUSINESSWOMAN IN HER LATE 40S NOTED FOR HER ENERGY AND PRODUCTIVITY, WAS UNEXPECTEDLY DESERTED BY HER HUSBAND FOR A YOUNGER WOMAN. FOLLOWING HER INITIAL SHOCK AND RAGE, SHE BEGAN TO HAVE UNCONTROLLABLE WEEPING SPELLS AND DOUBTS ABOUT HER BUSINESS ACUMEN. DECISION MAKING BECAME AN ORDEAL. HER SPIRITS RAPIDLY SANK, AND SHE BEGAN TO SPEND MORE AND MORE TIME IN BED, REFUSING TO DEAL WITH ANYONE. HER ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION INCREASED TO THE POINT WHERE SHE WAS SELDOM ENTIRELY SOBER. WITHIN A PERIOD OF WEEKS, SHE HAD SUFFERED SERIOUS FINANCIAL LOSSES OWING TO HER INABILITY, OR REFUSAL, TO KEEP HER AFFAIRS IN ORDER. SHE FELT SHE WAS A “TOTAL FAILURE," EVEN WHEN REMINDED OF HER CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS; INDEED, HER SELF-CRITICISM GRADUALLY SPREAD TO ALL ASPECTS OF HER LIFE AND HER PERSONAL HISTORY. FINALLY, ALARMED MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY ESSENTIALLY FORCED HER TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. WAS SOMETHING “WRONG" WITH MARGARET, OR WAS SHE MERELY EXPERIENCING NORMAL HUMAN EMOTIONS BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND HAVING DESERTED HER? THE PSYCHOLOGIST CONCLUDED THAT SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM ......

A SUCCESSFUL “TOTAL FAILURE" OMARGARET, A PROMINENT BUSINESSWOMAN IN HER LATE 40S NOTED FOR HER ENERGY AND PRODUCTIVITY, WAS UNEXPECTEDLY DESERTED BY HER HUSBAND FOR A YOUNGER WOMAN. FOLLOWING HER INITIAL SHOCK AND RAGE, SHE BEGAN TO HAVE UNCONTROLLABLE WEEPING SPELLS AND DOUBTS ABOUT HER BUSINESS ACUMEN. DECISION MAKING BECAME AN ORDEAL. HER SPIRITS RAPIDLY SANK, AND SHE BEGAN TO SPEND MORE AND MORE TIME IN BED, REFUSING TO DEAL WITH ANYONE. HER ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION INCREASED TO THE POINT WHERE SHE WAS SELDOM ENTIRELY SOBER. WITHIN A PERIOD OF WEEKS, SHE HAD SUFFERED SERIOUS FINANCIAL LOSSES OWING TO HER INABILITY, OR REFUSAL, TO KEEP HER AFFAIRS IN ORDER. SHE FELT SHE WAS A “TOTAL FAILURE," EVEN WHEN REMINDED OF HER CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS; INDEED, HER SELF-CRITICISM GRADUALLY SPREAD TO ALL ASPECTS OF HER LIFE AND HER PERSONAL HISTORY. FINALLY, ALARMED MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY ESSENTIALLY FORCED HER TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. WAS SOMETHING “WRONG" WITH MARGARET, OR WAS SHE MERELY EXPERIENCING NORMAL HUMAN EMOTIONS BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND HAVING DESERTED HER? THE PSYCHOLOGIST CONCLUDED THAT SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM ......

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
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Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
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A SUCCESSFUL “TOTAL FAILURE" OMARGARET, A PROMINENT BUSINESSWOMAN IN HER LATE 40S NOTED FOR HER ENERGY AND PRODUCTIVITY, WAS UNEXPECTEDLY DESERTED BY HER HUSBAND FOR A YOUNGER WOMAN. FOLLOWING HER INITIAL SHOCK AND RAGE, SHE BEGAN TO HAVE UNCONTROLLABLE WEEPING SPELLS AND DOUBTS ABOUT HER BUSINESS ACUMEN. DECISION MAKING BECAME AN ORDEAL. HER SPIRITS RAPIDLY SANK, AND SHE BEGAN TO SPEND MORE AND MORE TIME IN BED, REFUSING TO DEAL WITH ANYONE. HER ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION INCREASED TO THE POINT WHERE SHE WAS SELDOM ENTIRELY SOBER. WITHIN A PERIOD OF WEEKS, SHE HAD SUFFERED SERIOUS FINANCIAL LOSSES OWING TO HER INABILITY, OR REFUSAL, TO KEEP HER AFFAIRS IN ORDER. SHE FELT SHE WAS A “TOTAL FAILURE," EVEN WHEN REMINDED OF HER CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS; INDEED, HER SELF-CRITICISM GRADUALLY SPREAD TO ALL ASPECTS OF HER LIFE AND HER PERSONAL HISTORY. FINALLY, ALARMED MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY ESSENTIALLY FORCED HER TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. WAS SOMETHING “WRONG" WITH MARGARET, OR WAS SHE MERELY EXPERIENCING NORMAL HUMAN EMOTIONS BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND HAVING DESERTED HER? THE PSYCHOLOGIST CONCLUDED THAT SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM ......
Transcribed Image Text:A SUCCESSFUL “TOTAL FAILURE" OMARGARET, A PROMINENT BUSINESSWOMAN IN HER LATE 40S NOTED FOR HER ENERGY AND PRODUCTIVITY, WAS UNEXPECTEDLY DESERTED BY HER HUSBAND FOR A YOUNGER WOMAN. FOLLOWING HER INITIAL SHOCK AND RAGE, SHE BEGAN TO HAVE UNCONTROLLABLE WEEPING SPELLS AND DOUBTS ABOUT HER BUSINESS ACUMEN. DECISION MAKING BECAME AN ORDEAL. HER SPIRITS RAPIDLY SANK, AND SHE BEGAN TO SPEND MORE AND MORE TIME IN BED, REFUSING TO DEAL WITH ANYONE. HER ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION INCREASED TO THE POINT WHERE SHE WAS SELDOM ENTIRELY SOBER. WITHIN A PERIOD OF WEEKS, SHE HAD SUFFERED SERIOUS FINANCIAL LOSSES OWING TO HER INABILITY, OR REFUSAL, TO KEEP HER AFFAIRS IN ORDER. SHE FELT SHE WAS A “TOTAL FAILURE," EVEN WHEN REMINDED OF HER CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS; INDEED, HER SELF-CRITICISM GRADUALLY SPREAD TO ALL ASPECTS OF HER LIFE AND HER PERSONAL HISTORY. FINALLY, ALARMED MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY ESSENTIALLY FORCED HER TO ACCEPT AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST. WAS SOMETHING “WRONG" WITH MARGARET, OR WAS SHE MERELY EXPERIENCING NORMAL HUMAN EMOTIONS BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND HAVING DESERTED HER? THE PSYCHOLOGIST CONCLUDED THAT SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM ......
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