I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.-- "Self-Pity" by D.H. Lawrence (via G.I.Jane)

As people become aware of what their lives might be instead of what they are, it leads them to despair.

Also, some of people's views of their lives are based on lies.

Hollywood is really bad about this as it presents "middle class" people as all having cars, being in 750,000 houses, and in new clothes. In reality, 99% of real people make less money and live more restricted lives than the "middle class" characters. "Ugly" people are beauty pageant contest winners in glasses or with braces.

The fact that I'm aware that people in America make $100 million dollars a year while destroying the lives and companies of thousands of other people really pisses me off.