cinemanymph. PMA stands for "Positive Mental Attitude"
When I get one of my once a year to once every 5 year episodes that takes me out of commission for a couple of weeks, some things become overwhelming that shouldn't be, that weren't a month ago.
I switch from a "lets figure this out" to having an attitude that the task/job is over complicated and my frustration tolerance level drops to where what I am working on causes me to avoid many logical steps to a reasonable conclusion.
I get stuck in a place where I should move on or quit. I just sort of sit there, not wanting to decide, should I put more effort in the task or is putting more effort in a task just a waste of time and money.
With more PMA, I can continue a path of logic better and if that path leads me to see something is not worth working on or repairing, I am OK. If it takes more resources to have a reasonably good outcome IE more expensive than normal in time, money, pride, then I am OK when I have a better PMA.
When my PMA is down, sometimes I don't like even opening some bills. I don't pursue a conclusion to a serious printer problem thinking " "The customer won't want it fixed so why bother with an extensive evaluation." Then there is the problem of parts costing more than a new printer. That is a big hurdle in my business and the seemingly unfairness of over priced parts really hits my sense of fairness and takes away from my PMA.
Something similar happens when it comes to troubled relationships. I get into this mind frame that short of just bailing, not much is going to change.
I guess I need to believe what I tell others, Life isn't always fair.
