Next comes contempt, for anyone who is not counting calories ("Did you see how Bruce ate that whole piece of chicken?" I whispered to my husband during dinner with the neighbors), followed inevitably by the worst stage: hunger and frustration.
This can feel like the best of seasons -- filled with love, joy, and possibilities -- or the worst, filled with the frustration of buying presents, being bombarded with advertisements for things we do not need or cannot afford, and national news stories of tragedy and grief.
Sometimes, in anger or rebellion, I had felt that it was at best a frustration and at worst a misfortune to be the son of such a possessive and sharply gifted teacher.
He would deliver this message by venting his frustrations about the worst aspects of humanity such as commercialism, political corruption, ignorance and stupidity.
The Australian captain Mile Jedinak, returning to the side after missing the last two group games with an ankle injury, was among the worst offenders and allowed his frustrations to get the better of him when he was booked for a reckless tackle on Ren Hang.
Frustration issues in many things only one of which is happiness; and happiness can be, at its worst, a pre-emptive strike against frustration, a refuge from it rather than any kind of productive, unpredictable transformation of it.
As a result of successful placement, students are unlikely to experience academic boredom, frustration, and in the worst case, failure of the course.
In the best of cases, they respond with mild annoyance and frustration, but in the worst of cases, with physical abuse.
We've found the worst thing about dementia so far is frustration.
