If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Not being happy really is my fear.
I've realized I can't waste any moment being unhappy.
I know what it is like to feel vulnerable and fearful during a difficult time.
I'm never more miserable than when I write, and never more happy than having finished and having it sitting in front of me.
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.
It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.
I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.
Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be happy; nor fear them.
Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement.
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