Bell curve

Probably a repeat, but if you tested the opinion on the average person they would believe that there is a bell curve (guassian) distribution of mental health.

Half the people are happy and well adjusted, and half aren’t, the ones needing counseling and therapy.

Well, in fact, it’s an exponential curve There’s maybe one Tasmanian Tiger, happy as Larry sitting on the y axis, and the rest are unhappy, more or less. Which is why psychology exists; it is the study of the head related deficiency between you and the one tiger.

Yes, the one happy bugger makes the rest of them deficient. Human worth is measured by contrast.

If you want to become the tiger, then you’ve got to train yourself to let go of comparing and contrasting to others.

Ironically the tiger’s not very happy either because he makes people unhappy by his very existence. And he’s astute enough to know this.

There’s no escaping the human condition, unless you’re completely bonkers and really don’t care.

In all of this is a clue though. Don’t try to become the tiger. Just cuddle up to one and do what you can to let go of the bulk of the angst of comparative humanness.

Then, rather than tell the world about it, keep a low profile for the sake of others.

That is, ignore false prophets that have all the answers!