A shocking revelation

As I watched her sob infront of me as she wondered outloud what she had done to "deserve this" I made a profound discovery. The human mind makes a seemingly simple issue ten times worse. When we're upset, about 90% of that sadness is caused by our natural tendency to wallow in self-pity and hyperbole our situation. It just cannot be helped. The word which seems to repeat itself in my head when I'm in tears is me, or variations of that word such as I and mine. How could this happen to me? What have I done to deserve this? And as these thoughts cross our mind, they elicit our tear ducts to switch on in full force, and lo and behold a fresh stream of the waterworks flows out. The truth is, you probably did do something to deserve this-but if you believe in karma, the repurcussions you are facing now could be of an act performed in a past life. If you don't believe in karma, then keep in mind this very true and wise quote-"shit happens." Nobody's life is perfect, nobody is a 100% content.. I'm betting even the Dalai Lama who claims to have devoted his life's purpose to Buddha has a little part of him which is thinking "Is there more." Just because it's human nature to never be satisfied, and sadly, most of us are unable to appreciate what we have until it's gone. I find that most of the time, things aren't as bad as they seem-yes okay, there are those few exceptions where things really are as crappy as they seem, but I genuinely believe there is always something you can do about it. Humans are not helpless. There are those of us who like to use that word to describe themselves and then wallow in self-pity about it, but if they bothered to get off their ass and do something about it, I'm pretty sure the situation's gravity can be alleviated.
When we're upset, maybe if we take the time to assess the situation in a logical manner, there'll be a way to solve it. I'm guessing 75% of the tears you've cried is caused by your brain's natural tendency to embellish for dramatic effect. (Don't blame it. It's instinct.)