I’m trying really, really hard, to just think happy thoughts. It’s not that I’m inclined to behave badly, but an unrealistically negative worldview is bound to result in incorrect choices, so I must exercise iron self-control over my very thoughts at such times. Oh for a drug that was safe and effective in alleviating such transient bouts of intense depression. Unfortunately, the personal costs of conducting a random walk through the pharmacoepia in search of this grail are prohibitive.