Love and Mood: The Theory of Mood - Paperback

Human suffering is physiological, normal, natural, inevitable, necessary, and usually has no real objective cause that can justify it. Human beings, when in a state of physical and mental rest, naturally tend toward this state of suffering. This is the mechanism that nature has selected to compel us to act-physically or mentally-in order to feel better again and, at the same time, to be useful and productive for humankind.

So do not insist on searching for a cause for this suffering. It is unnecessary-a waste of time and money. Instead, act if you want to feel better: socialize, think, plan, create, work, help others, solve problems, explore, and so on.

The Theory of Mood represents an innovative and profoundly useful perspective for understanding the human condition. Unlike common views that regard distress as an anomaly to be eliminated, this theory interprets it as a fundamental biological function-an internal signal that drives us to act, to change, and to create. Human beings do not suffer because they are broken; they suffer because they are alive. Rather than being suppressed or medicalized at all costs, a "bad" mood is understood as a call to transformation: the worse you feel, the more you are driven-if you wish to survive and regain balance-to do something new, to make plans, and to set creative thinking in motion.

This perspective is valuable because it restores dignity and meaning to suffering, freeing it from being viewed solely as something negative.

Indeed, it is often from discomfort that movement, inquiry, and even love emerge. This theory is therefore an existential resource, because it teaches us not to fear restlessness, but to listen to it and translate it into action.