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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2003 Jan–Feb;24(1):91–106. doi: 10.1080/01612840305308
Narrative Bill: Analysis
Sometimes I get so lonely and depressed, and I don’t really know why. I’m starting to see that it relates to all the losses in my life. I’m getting a divorce for the holidays—that totally sucks. She’s having an affair.
  • Noncomprehension

  • Critique of others

Participant:
Have you been gone long?
Bill:
I haven’t been home in sixteen months.
  • Absence of self-critique