Something stands in the way of a desired goal which seems close at hand - within range. No matter how we attempt to overcome the blockage we seem no closer to our goal. Normal Frustration can arise due to the actions of another party, or due to certain failings in ourselves, it is often depicted in particularly physical ways, and in this sense it has similarities with the sense of impatience sometimes associated with chronic boredom.
Chronic frustration is another state of being altogether.
It arises due to the repression of various primary cathartic emotions. The resultant repression of need, pain and primary cathartic emotions may lead to a state of being whereby the child, later adult, habitually sets up situations where real needs are doomed to go unmet. Chronic frustration can thus be related to lifelong struggles which lead nowhere and produce periodic feelings of frustration, anger and despair.