I'm actually bipolar...

and I come from a culture where were are generally bit pessimist and cynical. We joke about political oppression and natural disasters when it happens to us. And we complain a lot.

So much for national characteristics... People think I am terribly doom and gloom sometimes... but I it's usually about politics, and I have a degree in that. So I use the slogan that pessimist is a well informed optimist.

So yes, I am worried, I believe we all are going to die anyways and that this civilisation will crumble into plastic pieces... I have bouts of optimism on my up periods... but it's still not the tacky rainbows and unicorns world view. I cannot thing of "happy things" for too long, even when up.

so am I hopelessly depressed, or just cynical pessimist? How about you?