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We gain greater stability as we learn to deal with the typical problems of life. Feelings of depression, loneliness, hysterics, somatic complaints, anxieties and worries all have their causes, which when understood can be more effectively controlled. We shall review the symptoms of some of the common patterns of instability that we all experience to some extent. We will see not only examples of these nonadjustive reactions, the kind of personality structure that forms the background for the disturbance, but also we will review again the causes as applied to each disturbance. Then we will be in a better position to suggest some preventive conditions and finally to repeat some suggestions about the process of readjustment, which was presented generally in Chapter 5 and will be applied briefly to the various patterns of instability discussed here. The meaning of stability will become clearer and more personal as we see these specific examples of instability within and outside the range of normality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)