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DEL.ICIO.USDo you know people who enjoy being miserable?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A reader wants to know what makes gloomy, grumpy people so miserable? Dr. Hap LeCrone answers the question by explaining that such people may have developed their outlook as a result of a very unhappy childhood of physical and psychological abuse or neglect. They frequently suffer from depression, are socially isolated and are constant worriers. Do you know any of these grumps and gloom-and-doomers? Perhaps they’re in your family or circle of friends. How do you deal with them?
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By martin stuart
September 10, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this
People have a right to be grumpy and gloomy. A lot of people who want to “do something about” gloomy people were mean little b******* as children who participated in creating these conditions.
By Sugar
September 10, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this
I believe it’s a choice. You choose how you feel each morning when you get out of bed. I chose to have a great day, every day…..
I work with a woman is constantly mad, upset, paranoid, p** etc. She chooses to be in a bad mood and snap/bark and those around her. We have learned to ignore her behavior and if she chooses to be nasty, well we just leave her be……
By Ray
September 10, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
Sounds like my x-wife. Nothing could ever be right and nothing was ever her fault. As matter of fact she got in a wreck yesterday because the driver in front of her stopped to quickly. Funny how that seems to work.
By KIM
September 10, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this
I too have to deal with someone like this on a daily basis. I agree with Sugar, it is your choice what kind of day you are going to have. Having to deal with someone like this makes me more consious of how I am acting.
By richard
September 11, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this
They’re called “liberals”, always complaining and blaming others when times are tough or things don’t go their way and waiting for the gov’t to bail them out.
By Citizen of the World
September 11, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this
Hey, Richard, could you give it a rest?