Scrubs - “My Super Ego” (season 1, episode 7)

Possibly one of my favourite Scrubs episodes.  I just felt like I could relate so much to JD here: that competitiveness, and being jealous and feeling challenged by the seemingly flawless, super talented ‘nice guy.’  I’ve always thought positive thinking was healthy (and something I’d like to improve at), but at the same time, that it’s important to be honest and real with ourselves; that it is sometimes perfectly natural and okay to be negative.  I often look with suspicion (and perhaps both envy and irritability) at people who seem to be unceasingly, unrealistically happy and positive.  I can’t help but wonder if it’s a fragile and disingenuous happiness that would explode once hitting a breaking point.  

[though, I should say, I think it’s a different story when one is feeling down, but makes efforts to still be pleasant to others (depressed, yet still kind) as to not want to unnecessarily bring down others]