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Keith Constantly Complains Life Is Just "What You Do While

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Keith constantly complains life is just "what you do while you're waiting to die" with a mood constantly that of a "sad sack." He says his job at the factory is lousy, but it is the best he can do although he has a college degree in business) . He doesn't see the point in trying to change anything because he doesn't believe things will ever get better. What is Keith's most likely diagnosis?


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Anxiety-Producing Situations

Circumstances or events that trigger significant apprehension, fear, or worry.

Defensive Neurosis

A psychological condition in which a person uses defense mechanisms in an excessive and rigid manner to cope with stress or anxiety, potentially leading to dysfunctional behavior or relationships.

Resistance

The refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument, or in psychology, the opposition to the flow of electric current or another meaning involves unconscious defense mechanisms against awareness of harmful impulses.

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

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