I've often felt the same exact way. There is a lot of truth in the old statement "Ignorance is Bliss." If you don't know what you're missing, if you don't have concerns for world affairs or politics or what to cook for dinner tonight, if you don't know that you don't know something. I suppose it would be a lot easier to be happy.It's quite funny, my better half and I were driving the other day and a very similar topic topic came up, and in true blunt form I blurted out, "You know, sometimes I wish I were just really dumb".
I absolutely agree that sometimes, and probably more often-than-not, ignorance is indeed bliss. I grew up in an area that was quite typical of apathetic attitudes regarding politics and broader social issues (some will say that's most of Australia haha), and it baffled me, even from a young age why so many people really didn't give a toss about state and federal elections, usuly with a "they've been crap, but I'll give 'em another vote this time" mentality. Long story short, it'd be less proactive/rectifying actions, more kneejerk responses, and more worry about football, cricket, and where the next smokes/case of beer was coming from. And yet, as previously discussed here, they were probably more content/happy than I was, because they didn't concern themselves with anything beyond their immediate control.