Consider such personal constructs as “despair” (“my life is over”) versus “fortitude” (“I’ll be strong so my loved one would be proud of me, or because my children need me”). Can an event be so...

Consider such personal constructs as “despair” (“my life is over”) versus “fortitude” (“I’ll be strong so my loved one would be proud of me, or because my children need me”). Can an event be so catastrophic that it represents an exception to the principle of constructive alternativism?