If you don't figure you have it good and are happy, who will? That's kind of the way I live my life as well, though luckily I haven't had a hard time doing it lately because things have actually been going really well over the last couple years.
I was but jesting. My mother's Catholic as well, as is my grandmother and all of her family. They all have tons of brothers, I knew you to be right to begin with, just felt like pinching you about it.
Hate to say it, but a few of my cousins are... Well, I'll just the only things separating them from white trash is the fact that they're not drug addicts and they actually have jobs and work.
I also say that I'm the one with the problem in my family because I really don't trust anyone outside of my family due to past experiences. Hell, I've even begun to start being wary of my own family members. Paranoia's a bitch.
Yeah some people still don't ask for help/show a "weak" side regardless of having it REALLY bad. I know a few.
Bipolar people is something that confuses me. So much. A friend's mother is bipolar and when I used to be over at their place when we were younger to play Atari or whatever may be she'd come in, say hi, see one thing wrong in his room and go absolute bat-shit crazy and threaten to beat him and shit. We were 18 or something as well, right in front of me, she'd just start ranting for no reason. She was deadly serious, too, was really scary. Got a ton of stories about her being amazing to him one moment and then 10 minutes later grabbing a broom to beat him and all that.
It's something I don't think I'll ever be able to understand. One of many.