Misconstruction

You have forgotten where we are coming from. We are all the result of exploding stars. Now we are here, forming hierarchies and complaining about the weather.

Harmful ideas

Beliefs and ideas can be as poisonous as heavy metals. Nazism poisoned german minds in the 1930ies; religious beliefs are poisoning fundamentalist Muslims in the middle east and evangelical Christian Trump supporters in the US. You can also be poisoned by personal beliefs. You can, for example, be deeply convinced that you are a loser, a slob, or a superior human being. We can become deeply convinced of many kinds of unhealthy stuff. 

So, how do you remove heavy metals and venomous ideas from your brain? Meditation, celery juice, and modern psychotherapy will obviously not cut it.

Insight

I'm quite stupid. I can't even explain how my cell phone works. I can't play any musical instrument, I can't sing, I can't draw. My writing ability is very limited. Without the spell check, I wouldn't be able to write anything intelligible at all in English, because English is not my native language.

My subconscious mind is unreliable. I am usually very unfocused and I often get bewitched by daydreams and negative thoughts. I would probably score high on a neuroticism test.

My life is OK, though. I get by. I shouldn't complain. The vast majority of people who have ever lived through the history of civilization have lived horrible lives. They have been slaves, serfs, cheap labor, cannon fodder in idiotic wars, always hungry, suffering from painful diseases. I really should be grateful.

10-15% of the general population today has some kind of personality disorder, 6% are clinically depressed, more than 50% are overburdened and stressed out.

I really ought to be happy.