I’ve been described as ‘radiating gloom’; can I change my attitude?
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“You are positive, though,” a friend says as I explain that I’m trying to make myself into a sunnier person. “Actually,” she pauses for a minute, “you’re kind of both upbeat and miserable.”
It’s true. On the grey side, I’m the guy whose university professor described him as “radiating gloom”; my favourite show is the mope fest My So-Called Life; I listen to teutonic, doom-mongering Nico albums for fun; and, more seriously, can slip into days of self-doubt and negativity. But I hide this attitude behind a smile, so few people have noticed; I’m usually the first to crack some (black) humour. Sometimes too black: my nickname is Bitchy Dave. Can I change my attitude?
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