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Why We Sabotage Our Own Happiness
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- The School of Life
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- May 10, 2026
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- 295
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For some of us, happiness and excitement never seem to last for very long. Every time we finally take pride in ourselves and develop a confidence about the future, something adverse seems to happen within a relatively short order. 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= 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=The%20Impulse%20to%20sink%20our%20own%20mood%20-%20and%20return%20to%20sadness%20and%20worry FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects in our articles, here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/article/the-impulse-to-sink-our-own-mood-and-return-to-sadness-and-worry/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=The%20Impulse%20to%20sink%20our%20own%20mood%20-%20and%20return%20to%20sadness%20and%20worry “For some of us, happiness and excitement never seem to last for very long. Every time we finally take pride in ourselves and develop a confidence about the future, something adverse seems to happen within a relatively short order. It might be something that we find ourselves actively doing that collapses our spirits, or we start to worry acutely about a matter that suddenly enters our minds or an incident occurs from out of the blue that unsettles us…” MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLself SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: X: https://x.com/TheSc…