A Rubik's cube-type frustration

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I was recently 'helped' to move by a guy who, in the name of not breaking a table I have (even though I mentioned that it didn't break the previous three times I moved), disassembled and never re-assembled it, due to time constraints supposedly (although I just forgot after all that carrying). He put its loose screws in some bag and since then it's been a hopeless search, but even if I did find them I wouldn't have the appropriate Allen keys for it.

It's the only table I had of computer-usage height, which means that for the last month or so I've been unable to use my usual setting and ended up exclusively using my computer with a big screen TV, which, even though at times can be comfortable to use from my bed, is really not at all ideal to use by itself. I now have a frustrated neck and constantly feel uncomfortable.

I just... can't understand this, and the great, great amount of frustration and even despair I feel over such seemingly trivial circumstances as these. What I get immensely frustrated with is the thought that a split second decision made by some stranger can screw up my life so much, and that even though I solved a lot of problems by moving I just got some more - like a Rubik's cube that just can't be solved.

If you can't find the screws, you could always buy new ones.

If you do find them, do you have a way to contact the guy who dismantled your table? If he was able to take it apart he'd probably have the right Allen key to put it back together. You may be able to borrow his.
If not, any hardware store sells them.

Well, to buy new ones I'd presumably need to know exactly what type they are and their height etc. (and I'm a newb when it comes to DIY) - I did contact the guy and he actually offered to pay for them, but the same problem would apply. At first he also said that... oh, he's too busy, presumably to come here again, even though it was his duty to re-assemble it from the very beginning, but did now mention that I could use his Allen keys if I find them. He needs to get some items back in the other flat now, so I'm hoping he could have some spare screws and put them in while he's here.

I know for you, and probably many others, this seems a simple case to fix... but somehow this tends to be how I respond to such situations, with apathetic frustration. When I do physical things I get tired very quickly too...

This is what (unfortunately) happens when you don't have a support network, "little" things turn into "big problems", that block out efforts to fix other things.

I know that some disagree with me, but I really see this sort of issue as one of the reasons why I would encourage WPers to ask around for Aspie-friendly areas. There is a benefit to numbers on some issues.