In a sense, the Buddha might be seen as an early precursor to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

He taught that because we misunderstand the nature of life, we suffer. And he prescribed the Eightfold Path as a way towards liberation from that suffering.

And is there not something strangely familiar about that?

We find the world insufficient for lasting happiness — and then we psychologise the solution.

Sometimes it seems like an endless endeavour.

Might it be that we are slightly overdoing it?