I wonder if I have become discomforted by the concept of happiness itself. Like the freezing of cellular fluids within a frostbite victim, the sudden introduction of a warm point of contact would only permanently damage the existing frostbitten tissue. Instead, only a slow introduction of warmth is able to thaw a frostbite without incurring more damage.

But with tissue that has been cooled without frostbite — tissue that has not been exposed to a sustained arctic coldness for a significant period of time — warm water would certainly generate an immeasurable amount of pleasure. And so, in terms of how I should live my life, I wonder whether I have reached the point where I have been frostbitten.

That being said, some frostbites are untreatable and require amputation.

Good Mourning
Peace of Mind
Blue Skies
Dis-inte(rest)grate
True Love is Violent
Eating Snow
sparks are fly
Try, Try Again
Close, but not quite
Song of Solomon 
Sweater Weather
The Things Not Spoken