Unrealistic expectations of fame and fortune and depression
Aspirations that are far removed from expectations are depressing because they take away our sense of personal control .
Mike , 24 , smiled .
" Well , to be honest , I see myself as a rock star . Or maybe a movie actor . You know , in major action movies , that kind of thing .."
" Oh , I see ," I said .
It wasn ' t the first time I ' d seen this kind of quixotic sense of the future , unfettered by practicality , realism , or readiness to work for it , in a client .