There seems to be a general rule that we should always be happy. Is that working or is it making things worse? Think about it. You're having a normal, but bad, and believe you should always be happy. So, by comparison, you will think something is wrong. The black or white choices are happy, or depressed - with nothing in between. So most people will believe that they are depressed. In Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America, Barbara Ehrenreich discuss