Unknown..

Maybe life sucks because we're all really just big brained primates who were meant to be living in small tribal groups hunting and gathering food, and our pain is the natural result of our living in an unnatural environment.

Maybe life sucks because we haven't turned our lives over to some cultural deity or whoever the One True God happens to be.

Maybe life sucks because we all have chemical imbalances in our brains.

The first proposition implies that the answer to life's problems is to abandon technology. This was put forth recently by the Unabomber, and before that by the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia.

The second is claimed by hundreds of different groups of religious fundamentalists, all of which disagree on the identity and nature of this One True God.

The third is put forth by psychiatrists.

I'm not sure which of the above groups is worse, but given their accomplishments or lack thereof, I highly doubt they have any answers for us.

So, I don't know the ultimate cause of, or the solution to, life's problems. I don't know how to end this with any helpful advice or words of wisdom. If you think you do, email me and let me know.