Unhappiness —negative emotions, if you will—are not inscrutable feelings, separate from what we do in our head. Usually, nobody ever says I am making myself unhappy but that is precisely what we do. Most people, at best, are only partially convinced because it doesn't to be quite in accord with their experience. The reason for this is that normal human emotionality, as we have come to know it, was prefigured early on—at that moment in our self-reflective history when human beings first accepted that there was something about them that was less than desirable. So when the events come into play, the specific emotion appears to have been caused by them when, in fact, the emotion was only triggered by the preexisting belief that there is something wrong with us. 

Making yourself unhappy is a lot like holding your breath. That is why

This book is not about:

• The pursuit of happiness
• Getting  in touch with your feelings
• Coping
• Anger management
• Letting it all hang  out
• Self-improvement
• Discipline

This book is about:

• The dissolution of unhappiness
• Getting in touch with your beliefs
• How feeling good is better than feeling better
• Anger termination
• Mistaking self-expression for self-knowledge
• Self-possession
• Not struggling with yourself

Who will benefit from reading this book:

• Anyone interested in their personal happiness
• Readers of self-help books
• Marriage and family counselors
• Clinical and counseling psychologists
• Family law attorneys
• Students of psychology
• Social workers
• Corporations who value a contented work force
• Seekers of original material for discussion groups, seminars, and workshops