Posted by Caedmon on November 28, 2006, at 8:36:52
In reply to Re: It's Treatable. No, it's not., posted by SLS on November 28, 2006, at 6:57:16
I do not think that unhappiness and pathological depression are the same thing. Jost has it right IMHO. Unhappiness - even periods of very deep grief, loneliness, isolation - occur in *everyone*. So do periods of "faking it" wrt being in a good mood. That's normal.
This does not mean that they are unhappy with their lives as a whole.
Happiness as an emotion can never be permanently sustained, but a life worth living - and that is *ultimately* satisfying - most certainly can.
- Chris
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