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Bruce-like behavior is best explained as pursuit of drama.
That's vitally important, because it explains why you often really really want it and won't tolerate a merely intellectual fightback.
Bruce / depression is a cyclic fail I've seen in myself and others. Depression feels like nothing. Bruce feels like feeling, but it's depressing. The way to break out of the loop is to add non-depressing drama.
I disagree. Sometimes, if not virtually all the time, people loose due to self-defeating behavior even when winning would bring more drama--this particularly applies to tournaments. I would say rather that people create drama to cover up and to self-justify their self-defeating behavior.