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Mrs. A had two recent stressors leading to the current episode of depressive mood. The first was that her younger son, who lives with her, was having some work problems but did not elaborate the details to her. She said her son was quiet and she was afraid that he might have depression.

The second stressor was that she had a gathering with her old classmates and during that, she compared herself to her classmates. She felt herself shorter, widowed, lower financial status, and could not achieve what her friends had achieved in their careers. She felt that she was inferior to them. She ruminated about these two ideas and started to develop a pervasive low mood, chest tightness, dizziness, and insomnia.