Originally Posted by
HealthyLimits 
I think that when you make a choice to hold onto anything just one second longer you've stopped enjoying it and allowed it to make you sad or unhappy. How many times have you taken a bite of something amazing and it was soooo good that with the first bite you were already sad it was going to be gone.
I would read up on buddhist teachings and philosophy as it would address the issues you're talking about.
Every night for as long as I can remember I stand outside and watch the sunset. I love sunsets! I never hold onto them, I let them go as they do and I have stopped allowing myself to wish I could have more. A day will come that I've seen my last sunset and while I will always want one more I understand that would be the case if my last came today, next month or in 500 years.
Try to find something that helps with the noise in your head so you don'thave to keep covering it. Meditation is an excellent tool.
PS 5 Years ago I would have thought I was a moron for the above advice and looked down on myself for having such non-traditional American views.
HealthyLimits,
It's funny that you mention sunsets, because I feel like I've had this exact issue while on vacations and out enjoying nature: It's almost like I want to capture it in a bottle and hold it forever. Or on the flip side, I want events/places to be better than they are, and get sad about it.
Anyway, your point here is wonderful, and it was sort of an epiphany to read it. Thank you so, so much. I'm going to have to keep thinking on it.
Y'know, in the past I've read a good amount on Buddhism, and I always felt like I wasn't quite doing it right, because I just became more stressed out. What you're saying here makes it make so much more sense. Thanks a ton -- again :-)