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Bad Mood” that has been so powerfully shaping his experience where he works
and with whom he works.
The exchange below was in a session where Will expressed to me that he had
responded to something that helped him hold “the Bad Mood” off while at work.
Worried that Will might overlook his agency to act in accordance with something
other than the bad mood, it was my responsibility, I felt, to make this unique
outcome interesting enough to warrant investigation from both of us.
Brian:
…you've been in class these last three days, right?
Will:
I've been teaching. I've been teaching, yeah.
Brian:
How has this [good] mood accompanied you to school?
Will:
Great, man. I mean, I am having great times. That's even when I'm
not doing well, and I'm like in here and like being the worst version of
myself in front of you, like stressing. I don't have that in front of the
kids, which is honestly not to my detriment, like that's why I'm able
to go…
Brian:
(Abruptly interrupting). But with respect, I would expect that of you,
frankly, you know what I mean? Like a Bad Mood might try to tear
you down, but you find it in you, someway, somehow to make sure
that that Bad Mood doesn't cover you up when you’re with your
students. My guess is that the Bad Mood has full reign, or at least
significant reign…over your relationships with your colleagues or
maybe the administrators. When your…good mood is with you, do
you find that you are resonating differently with those staff members
that you typically have bad blood with?
Will:
Wow, man…[yeah]…it did happen. Like one of the vice principals,
who's a complete dickhead…Like I saw him yesterday, and he said
Animative Descriptions and Vivifying Discovery: Inviting Clients Into The Marvel Of Their Understory
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, May 2026 Release, p. 52-79.
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