Why We Sabotage Joy and How to Break Free
The Happiness Trap: Why We Sabotage Joy and How to Break Free Let’s get honest for a moment: have you ever found yourself feeling inexplicably down right when things start going well? Like, you're finally in a healthy relationship… so you pick a fight. You’re about to achieve something great… so you procrastinate. Or maybe everything is just calm and peaceful… and your brain whispers, “Let’s overthink this.” If any of this sounds familiar, congratulations! You’re human. And you may be caught in what we like to call: The Happiness Trap—that peculiar, slightly absurd tendency we have to sabotage our own joy. But why do we do this? Isn’t happiness what we all want? Ironically, yes—and no. Let's dive into the psychological, emotional, and slightly ridiculous reasons behind this self-sabotage and explore how to gently but firmly stop being our own worst enemies. --- Why We Sabotage Our Own Happiness 1. The Comfort of Chaos Some of us grew up in environments where drama, stre...