This framing leads to a major problem: people who are smart and unhappy will believe that unhappiness is necessary. This is a common coping mechanism for anxie

This framing leads to a major problem: people who are smart and unhappy will believe that unhappiness is necessary. This is a common coping mechanism for anxiety: you believe that the reason you are anxious is because you have access to some kind of special knowledge about the world that sets you apart from your peers. They are happy because they just don't know what you know.