The following is extracted from writer Matt Haig’s wonderful Book of Comfort.
1. Wanting to be someone you aren’t
2. Wishing you could undo a past that can’t be undone.
3. Taking out your hurt on people who didn’t cause your hurt.…
4. Trying to distract yourself from pain by doing something that creates more pain.
5. Being unable to forgive yourself.
6. Waiting for people to understand you when they don’t even understand themselves.
7. Imagining happiness is the place you reach when you get everything done.
8. Trying to control things in a universe characterized by unpredictability.
9. Avoiding painful memories by resisting a contented present
10. The belief that you have to be happy.
Emerging From The Dark Night 