Here's is an easy primer on how to be a miserable person. The ARTICLE goes into a little detail on each point. But here are the main points.
1. Be afraid, be very afraid, of economic loss.
2. Practice sustained boredom.
3. Give yourself a negative identity.
4. Pick fights.
5. Attribute bad intentions.
6. Whatever you do, do it only for personal gain.
7. Avoid gratitude.
8. Always be alert and in a state of anxiety.
9. Blame your parents. Extend the blame to other people from your past.
10. Don’t enjoy life’s pleasures.
11. Ruminate.
12. Glorify or vilify the past.
13. Find a romantic partner to reform.
14. Be critical.
This was probably written by one of those newly minted academics(14). Well I'll tell you what! Nobody's going to make ME happy (7) like I was in the good ol' days(12)!!
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Hmmm ... I believe conservative Republicans can exemplify (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), sometimes (10), (11), (12 - the glorify part, except when discussing previous Democratic administrations, when the vilify part takes over), and - especially - (14). Wow ... no wonder they're always in such a state of high dudgeon.
Very interesting and probably valid ideas.
As a mental health counselor, I find this very valid. I may post it at work.
Along a similar vein, another good piece of advice I saw on a hospital registration desk: "If you are happy, notify your face."
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