Why are some people so miserable such a sad way to live

small peenus syndrome

Successful survival strategies are hard to leave. They provide a sense of security in their consistency, familiarity and reliability, even when what's consistent, familiar and reliable is misery.

My mother-in-law is like this. She has had tribulations on life but haven't most people? However she just focusing on the negatives not the positives.

Yesterday she said to my wife she won't celebrate Christmas because she's now on her own. Ignoring my wife and her grandchildren.

boggles my mind

Depression is a mental illness that needs help from outside sources. Like Friends, family, Shrink, Doctor.