LTD has a very good point. You DO have options--but sometimes just recognizing that fact, and that, for now, you are choosing the one that is most workable (though perhaps not ideal), can put a different spin on it.
I'm not real happy in my job right now. I think, "I CAN'T quit--I'm almost two years away from my pension, and I can't POSSIBLY give that up." Um, yes, actually, I could. It would involve some severe financial hardship that I don't want to go through, and it would be more painful than staying where I am until I can afford to retire.
Still, that is my CHOICE. And I can either whine about it for two years or I can make the best of it, working on possible career changes in the meantime. I still do a lot of whining--old habits are hard to break. But when I think of it as a choice, it makes me realize I'm not a victim.