Are you happy?

[Lavenderpaw]

I am most of the time.There are some days I get a little sad,but I've never been depressed.I've got a good family and friends and everything.

[Juu-kuchi]

I try to be, but it's hard.

[Brandon Pierce]

I have a couple friends, but when they're off doing stuff on vacation, I'm kinda by myself.

I wouldn't mind having a girlfriend. Everyone else I know has one.

[DarthGonzo]

Yup.

I have a good life. A good job, good friends, nothing really to complain about. I'd consider myself a happy person.

[Ishtar]

Eh, I'm mixed. I'm happy with my family, home, friends, school, etc. Like Brandon Pierce said, something that can be a downer is not being in a relationship, because it can feel lonely being single. I think I'd be happier if I had a job, too.

[The Huntsman]

No. What is there to be happy about when your father might have to lose his legs in order to save his life? What is there to be happy about when your mother works herself to the point of exhaustion just to barely pay the bills and keep food on the table? What is there to be happy about when you’ve lived on a mountain for fifteen years without city water? What is there to be happy about when your sister-in-law is making your brother’s life a living hell by cheating on him with other woman, despite the fact that it defies all reasonable odds that anybody would want to be with a behemoth like her? What is there to be happy about?

[thenewme93]

^ That your family still loves and cares for you... :confused:

[cathedral]

as intelligence increases, happiness decreases. unless...

you are beyond the point where your limited human intelligence means anything to you. but i find it hard to believe that anyone here is there. or anyone there is here. not that i'm saying i'm here and you're not. but i'm here. it's sort of like "well what kind of story or dream do i wanna make up today?" unless you're getting shot or starving or something inherently physically painful, it's all good.

[thedanmachine]

I try and stay happy. When I'm about to die and look back on my life, I dont want to think "Wow, what a dumb ass. You wasted your life being really depressed and just moping around, full of hate." I want to look back and think about how I tried my best to enjoy what I had.

[The Falcon]

i was sad and then i got zoloft

actually, haven't been on that stuff for about 6 years now. people told me they liked me better when i wasn't on it since being on zoloft made me an emotionless pile

i changed my life by following one simple rule. "don't like the way things are going, then get up and do something about it!" you can either sit and whine, or you can use that time to pursue women/get in shape/obtain knowledge to pursue a better career. the choices are limitless

[Desensitized]

Sometimes.

[Humble]

Introspection can lead to some uncomfortable discoveries. I've lived with a constant uneasiness that stems from not living up to certain standards when I was younger. My skewed self-image has had the most influence on my habits and desires.

Am I happy? I don't think forgeting myself multiple times a day counts as being happy, but then again, I'm not exactly sad either. Unfortunately, this gives most people I know the impression that I'm emotionally dead or something.

[Shawn Hopkins]

No. What is there to be happy about when your father might have to lose his legs in order to save his life? What is there to be happy about when your mother works herself to the point of exhaustion just to barely pay the bills and keep food on the table? What is there to be happy about when you’ve lived on a mountain for fifteen years without city water? What is there to be happy about when your sister-in-law is making your brother’s life a living hell by cheating on him with other woman, despite the fact that it defies all reasonable odds that anybody would want to be with a behemoth like her? What is there to be happy about?

Wow, what part of West Virginia are you from? I grew up in a holler in far Eastern Kentucky and it sounds like I basically had your life, except my dad actually died in a car wreck, we just drank the rusty well water because we were usually more worried about getting some food because neither my mom or dad could get a decent job that lasted more than a couple of months and my brother eventually divorced his fat, cheating, drug-using first wife.

But I'm still pretty happy. Things will work themselves out one way or another, for better or worse, and all you can do is do your best to improve your situation and try not to worry too much. I've learned that when you look back on the trials in your life, sometimes there's not much you could have done to change their outcomes. The thing you ask yourself, then, is did I behave in the right way, did I keep my head, did I offer comfort to those who needed it and was I unselfish? I try to approach current and future tribulations so that I can eventually look back and say, yes, I didn't let the stresses of that situation make me hurt people, act bitter or do things I shouldn't have done.

[Lavenderpaw]

No. What is there to be happy about when your father might have to lose his legs in order to save his life? What is there to be happy about when your mother works herself to the point of exhaustion just to barely pay the bills and keep food on the table? What is there to be happy about when you’ve lived on a mountain for fifteen years without city water? What is there to be happy about when your sister-in-law is making your brother’s life a living hell by cheating on him with other woman, despite the fact that it defies all reasonable odds that anybody would want to be with a behemoth like her? What is there to be happy about?


Going to Heavan. :)

[Elven Moon]

No, not really. I might have a "good day" every so often, but that's about it.

[Dub C]

Hmm, I guess when I add everything up I'd say I'm happy. A nice home, a family with loving parents & sister. A steady job, making enough money to get by. As far as certain things I want to accomplish, things could be better, but in my eyes, my current situation could be a whole lot worse.

[J'onn J'onzz]

Not really. My life kind of sucks. I don't really get any pleasure out of it. I'm more apathetic about it than anything, though.
Going to Heavan. :)
I lol'd.

[Hanshotfirst113]

Generally, yes. I have my problems, I have a lot to think about, but both of my parents are alive and still together, I have no crippling disabilities (and my Prozac), my friends are heaven-sent and my rocks that hold me steady, in today's economy, I have a job, which as much as I complain about it, could be far worse, and I have more material possessions than many people could dream about. I need to nurture myself in spiritual/personal ways, but barring anything earth-shattering happening in the immediate future, I'm generally quite happy.

[Wolfie~Giri]

Generally, yes. I have my problems, I have a lot to think about, but both of my parents are alive and still together, I have no crippling disabilities (and my Prozac), my friends are heaven-sent and my rocks that hold me steady, in today's economy, I have a job, which as much as I complain about it, could be far worse, and I have more material possessions than many people could dream about. I need to nurture myself in spiritual/personal ways, but barring anything earth-shattering happening in the immediate future, I'm generally quite happy.

I practically feel the same way with the minor exception that my family isn't all that united: Mom and dad argue too frequently, Mom has skin cancer, Dad has a depression and a gambling addiction. Also, neither of their families got along from the start which upsets me and my brother because we get along great with our cousins. Though (I think) the last one is pretty common in marriages today. Anyway I could go on about other issues but they're a little too personal.

So yeah, I feel fine about myself,but when it comes to thinking about my family, it gets me down knowing there's no way I can help the situation.

[ROBOTRON]

:sweat: - NEGATIVE.

However I try to put on a happy face. I see nothing productive about going around sad all the time.

[Czar Gato]

Yeah, I suppose I am now. I used to suffer from severe depression, but medication, increased independence, and good friends have helped greatly. It's also helpful to feel like you're actually going somewhere in life, which I've been feeling for the first time as a college student. So yes.

[Cartoon_Kid]

I`m usually a happy person theirs times when i`m angry never near depressed though.

[Harvey Two Face]

I try to be happy most of the time, yet there are things that can crumble my mood and put me on the downward spiral. But most of the time I try to stay optimistic, whether fueled by rage or anger or just happiness.

[The Cartoon]

Well right now, I am very happy, but I went to Disneyland last year and was happier than I had ever been before. The thing is, I used to live in California, and when I left Disneyland, I went through like a month of depression because I wanted to go back, but it started to go away when my cousins came here for a long time and I was seeing my friends a lot more. When I feel depressed, I remember that there is a bright side to everything and it is easy to be happy if you want be.

[Light Lucario]

I feel like I'm generally happy. I have my basic needs met, I have my family with me and supporting me through college. I also have fun relaxing with reading books, watching television, listening to music, playing video games and checking stuff out online. Of course, my life isn't perfect. I worry about my tuition payments on my parents, my dad's health after forty five years of smoking, my mom's stress at her school and my brother's happiness, as well as the fact that he has also started smoking. While I'm happy with the health of my dogs, especially after recovering from a scare that one of them might have had cancer when it really was just an infection, I worry about them practically everyday.

I also have days where I'm just kind of down and I can't seem to get too happy. I wouldn't call that serious depression since it doesn't come that often. When those days come, I just do my best to try and relax, do what I know I can do to make myself feel better and then just the sadness run its course and then move on from there. It's much better for me to let the feeling take its course rather than try to bottle it up since that would just make me feel worse. Still, I would like to think that I'm pretty happy and content with my life right about now.

[Lavenderpaw]

It's good to know most everyone is content with life. :)

[ToOn~g@l]

Yes I am happy. Because being depressed and upset all the time is just not healthy, it causes those you love around you to feel depressed and upset and its no fun. I've learned that even though bad things do happen, they don't last forever and those things can be fixed though sometimes it does cost you money. And yes I know its corny but as Eric Idle once said "Always look on the bright side of life." :D

[Cool Blue]

I can say that Im pretty happy. I can say i've gone through the depression phase, and quite frankly, it sucks. I feel like its something everyone goes through at least once, and i've served my sentence. but my friends are phenominal, i love my family to death, and im college bound for a career i want to study. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, that can't be said enough. I always repeat aloud so often when i feel myself even getting remotely depressed. depression isn't healthy, its not fun, and sometimes you become so depressed you want to brag about it. its sick. the thing is, you're living your life and you can do whatever you want, literally WHATEVER you want. (within reason of course.:D)

yes there are setbacks and terribly things will probably occur, but has it occured to you that nothing can be accomplished through moping and inaction?

[purplehairedwonder]

Sure. I have no reason not to be happy, overall. I have a loving family and an adorable dog (:p), a roof over my head, a pretty decent part-time job, I attend a good college where I can play softball, and so on. My complaints are pretty minor in comparison to what they could be, so I try my best to keep that in perspective.

I've had plenty of ups and downs over the years, but in the end, the ups definitely outweigh the downs. Recognizing what I have that so many don't makes it a lot easier to be happy with my lot in life.

[Captain Highwind]

I am now, since I finally get to take some stuff I've always wanted to do for years, like Tae Kwon Do classes (and they have a big ass weight gym! =D) and an instrument class (piano or violin, but I'm leaning more toward piano, since I'm more familiar with it and can play a lot tv shows by ear after listening to them. I just don't know how to make the proper hand formations yet, so here I am.)

...And maybe dancing classes. Because I dance horribly and have no rhythm. It frightens people.

[buttah]

Not really, it's hard to admit to myself but I'm not all that happy. I hate almost every aspect of my life and myself and I want to change it all. I can act happy and seemingly feel happy but inside I know I'm not.

[Zach]

Not really. Over the past couple of months I've been trapped in my own mind, so to speak. I started having bouts with mental illness, and though I've recently been able to largely rid myself of feelings that the world around me is a figment of my imagination I'm still fighting with feelings that everyone around me is a figment of my imagination. It makes it incredibly difficult to love anyone around you, even your parents. :sad:

Yeah, I probably need to see a psychiatrist, but I'm terrified that I'll wind up in an asylum. I'm slowly learning how to be my own therapist, as, like I've stated, I've been successful in purging myself of some irrational thoughts, though not all.