Brain, first interactions (mom, dad, etc), society (norms, expectations), poverty and inequality, isolation, hyper information, individualism and lack of solidarity, lack of purpose, phisycal illnesses and pain, disability, hormonal changes, mourning a beloved one, changes (divorce, marriage, moving) unemployment, other stressful situations such being victim of violence, trauma. This is my list. Incomplete
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ClaraHope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. Vaclav Havel
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