From Alternet

The “benefits” of misery

• Being miserable gets you attention
• Being miserable may make others feel guilty and that puts them in your debt.
• People who love you will walk on eggshells to make sure you don’t feel worse or make them feel more guilty
• Being miserable about big issues make make you feel and look sophisticated and philosophical.

1. Be constantly afraid of economic loss
2. Practice sustained boredom
3. Give yourself a negative identity
4. Pick fights, act injured, play the victim
5. Attribute Bad Intentions.
6. Whatever you do, do it only for personal gain
7. Avoid Gratitude
8. Always be alert and in a state of anxiety
9. Blame your parents
10. Don’t enjoy life’s pleasures
11. Ruminate
12. Glorify or vilify the past
13. Find a romantic partner to reform
14. Be critical