What this resource explains
A blocked goal does not produce one predictable response. A person may first respond with anger and increased effort. If every pathway continues to close, that anger can give way to despair and eventually apathy.
What looks like a lack of motivation may be the accumulated result of failed routes, broken promises, and evidence that effort will not change the outcome.
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- Where it shows up
- A team labels missed appointments as a lack of motivation after several promised services failed to materialize.
- A useful move
- Ask which routes closed, identify one barrier the team can actually change, and agree on a small, observable milestone.
- What this does not prove
- A pattern of responses is not a clinical progression or a prediction about any one person.
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