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A Question to Ask Ourselves When We're Down and Distrustful
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- The School of Life
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- Jul 22, 2026
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- 345
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There’s a difficult mood we’re in danger of falling into that’s made up of four elements in particular: low spirits, guilt, paranoia and irritability. It’s in such a mood that we might step back and ask ourselves a distinctive question: "Might I - at heart - be very angry with someone right now?" Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://www.theschooloflife.com/the-school-of-life-youtube/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=A%20question%20to%20ask%20ourselves%20when%20we%E2%80%99re%20low%20and%20paranoid Learn, heal and grow. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://www.theschooloflife.com/signup/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=A%20question%20to%20ask%20ourselves%20when%20we%E2%80%99re%20low%20and%20paranoid FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects in our articles, here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/article/a-question-to-ask-ourselves-when-were-feeling-low-and-paranoid/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=A%20question%20to%20ask%20ourselves%20when%20we%E2%80%99re%20low%20and%20paranoid “There’s a difficult mood we’re in danger of falling into that’s made up of four elements in particular: low spirits, guilt, paranoia and irritability. In such a mood, we may feel guilty and ashamed without being able to put a finger on anything concrete we’ve done. At the same time, we’re in a paranoid state of mind, as if people out there didn’t like us especially, or we were in imminent danger of being found out for doing something forbidden. And then we might feel non-specifically irritab…