Beating the Unbeatable Did you ever have the experience of being in a great mood after a nice evening and then suddenly cringe about something you said or did? Do you ever feel that just as everything is finally going the way you want, and suddenly begin to feel anxious? "It can’t last," you say. "Something will go wrong." You become scared of losing something that you barely had a chance to appreciate. Do you ever go through days of having nothing good to say to yourself, except how inadequate, incompetent, and deficient you are? Intellectually, you know you are all right. You are aware of all your accomplishments. You know you have good friends, and they are your friends for good reason. And yet there is something in you that is saying to you: "You are no good. Never were, never will be." What is going on? Why cannot we just enjoy our lives and appreciate each moment as it comes? What is IT?