What I mean is really: How mad am I?
"Horizon' BBC2 explored the difficulty in separating the nutter from the non-nutter by observation alone.
When is a character trait just a character trait and not a symptom of a more serious malaise?
Take pessimism for instance, you don't have to be depressed to be pessimistic.
But do you have to be happy to be optimistic?
Can you be optimistic about the future if you live in the Maldives (nothing more than 2 metres above current sea level)?
Optimism strikes me as a symptom of a far more serious delusion or just plain ignorance.
Or am I mad?
Imagine being depressed and optimistic, that's a good one - things can only get better!
Wanna Bet?
2 comments:
If you never feel optimistic, and thus don't get that satisfaction when something you have been looking forward to actually happens, what emotions do you experience when an unexpectedly positive moment happens in your life?
To put it another way, do you feel any sense of achievement when it all turns to shit?
Para. 1 Ans. Surprise
Para. 2. Ans. Smugness
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