It’s hard not to relate to the pessimism of Eeyore, the character in the Winniethe-Pooh books by A.A. Milne. He first appeared in 1926, so he’s been around for a long time. He’s gloomy, depressed and anhedonic – unable to experience pleasure when it would be a normal response. He’s an old grey stuffed donkey and he’s a friend of Pooh Bear.
Eeyore eats thistles but he has won the hearts of readers a…
