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user-inactivated  ·  3376 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you convince a completely miserable person that the world isn't such a terrible place?

Fair enough. What do you suggest one starts with, then? What are the points you'd bring up to make the guy see that the world is not a terrible place (so that those would cook in his head in the meantime)? How do you start bringing down the wall from your side? Can you, even?