For example, if a person loses faith, his logic will seem askew to those who still have faith. When despair becomes a base, behavior can change anywhere from immorality to cynicism and immobilization. Two people can have the same experience yet come to different, even opposing conclusions. For instance, I used to drive a sports car and enjoyed putting it through the corners. My wife Mary Alice would scream, thinking I was going to roll the car.
Dependence can create hostility.
Often this shows up in long-term marriages when the wife becomes angry at the husband for no reason other than the fact that she is dependent on him. It isn't his treatment of her but her dependence and lack of control that fuels her anger. Older employees in a plant will sometimes turn against the company out of fear when in reality there is nothing to be afraid of except their dependence on the company. Sometimes this even happens in a person's relationship with God. I was simply violating her psychic space and she had to get me out of it.