Comment by carsongross

Most are atheists, which denies them access to one of the few institutions shown to promote happiness and sociability and provide meaning and consolation once life's major goals/distractions are past, and you have to stop and look existence in the face. Downboat away, HN, but it's a major cause of unhappiness: "He doesn't exist, the bastard."

Eventually, your choices are nihilism or God. Everything else is hysterics.