wedrifid comments on Open thread, July 21-27, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion
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I think that secret happiness is a real thing. Some people take pleasure in complaining, enjoy being passively aggressive about something, etc., but of course they would publicly deny it.
On the other hand, I agree that in some situations, unhappiness may be adaptive. Evolution does not care about our values.
We could also say that the rewarded by it. Like most addictions enjoyment doesn't tend to be a part of it (after enough time).