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Ask your doctor about all the new drugs available to treat just about any ailment you could ever imagine because this is in no way a ploy to convince the Amurrican public to buy more pharmaceuticals. No, really. We advise you to ask your doctor about all of Big Pharma's amazing products because we care about you, the consum- um, patient, and the quality of your life which can be vastly improved by many of our fine products. Do it, do it now. Call your physician and tell them what's wrong with you; we're sure there must be something bothering you right now, right? Come one, sure there is. Maybe your retinas itch? No? Maybe...um...your arm hair grows unevenly? Or! Maybe your stomach hurts when you eat McDonalds?! Yeah it does!! We totes have just the thing to ease your suffering!! C'mon, call your doctor! We're here to, um, help!!
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Work hard, buy a house, put your retirement money in a conservative mutual fund. Lose retirement, lose job, lose house. Get shitty job that you are overqualified for, that produces no satisfaction or advancement opportunities.
And, yep, the problem is your attitude.
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Yes, I concede that the overlabeling here is somewhat silly, but the disorder this article is trying to explain describes a situation in which the person is abnormally, totally fixated on a perceived wrong that has been done to them, to such an extent that that person could end up doing harm to him/herself or to the object of his/her anger. Someone in that situation needs the care of a psychiatrist (like I did a year ago), not to be told to JUST SUCK IT UP AND GET OVER IT ALREADY.
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That said, I need to check my armpit for something.
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So, yes, whether you stick a label on it or not, the focus should be the person's total inability to put whatever the incident is in perspective. If the label helps people get help, I'm all for it.
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"Embittered people are typically good people who have worked hard at something important, such as a job, relationship or activity, Linden says. When something unexpectedly awful happens -- they don't get the promotion, their spouse files for divorce or they fail to make the Olympic team -- a profound sense of injustice overtakes them."
That, my friends, is called life. It is unfair at times. As my mother would say, Deal with it.