That's a temporary solution. To a much simpler problem.

[ He turns to look at Barry then, meets his eyes directly with the kind of focus he rarely turns on people. ]

Have their been times when you didn't want to be happy?

Either... you felt you didn't deserve it. Or it felt wrong when someone else felt so poorly? Or you looked at the world around you, the way things are, and for whatever reason, you couldn't bring yourself to smile?