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Dear Gaf, Are You Happy?

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With your life I mean? How do you go about it from day to day?

Personally, I get stuck. I'm 24 now and I look at every set back like an opportunity missed. Sometimes I do just fine though.

What about you?
 
Standing in line at a Dunkin Donuts in an airport... I will be happy in a few minutes as soon as that coffee and sugar nut hits my tongue
 
I'm always good. In the end it's all pointless so best to make the most of it and try to be your best no matter what the rest of the world is doing. With the exception of mental illness and chemical imbalances only you can bring you down, and if it's the other two that can be fixed.
 
Most of the time, no... I'm trying though.


I miss my best friend, I miss my ex, and I occasionally think and dream about both of them. I've turned into such a terrible person to be around, I act so short tempered and disinterested in my family and friends, I hate it! I just want to feel normal and happy again.
 
No. Not at all. Not even close. Nope. Far from it.

I don't know how I keep going, to be honest. I don't remember the last time I wasn't depressed and was actually happy.

I'm happy when I'm sleeping.
 
No. In fact I'm probably at the most unhappiest I have ever been. Each day gets progressively worse, and honestly I just want to die.
 
Sorry, my problems are a little too personal and probably long winded too. I just dropped by to answer. If I have time later maybe I will try posting a more substantial answer.
 
Umm... not really. I'm not really miserable either, though.
 
Yes. Extremely happy. Life's been amazing over the past few years and it's only getting better.

I sometimes feel as if i'm on the wrong board. Everyone in here seems clinically depressed.
 
Hmmmm. A lot of things could be better. But I'm going to bbq with my parents tonight and go to the movies. Monday I'm going to celebrate my parents and brother in laws birthday. Wednesday I'm babysitting my niece together with my mom, we're planning on going to a local kids farm with her which has a cool water playground area. Some good games and movies coming out at the end of the year I really look forward to. Yeah, I'm relatively happy. I just try to not look back at missed opportunities and failures too much and focus on the good things.
 
Hoo-doo said:
Yes. Extremely happy. Life's been amazing over the past few years and it's only getting better.

I sometimes feel as if i'm on the wrong board. Everyone in here seems clinically depressed.
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something like 6% of the US population has clinical depression and insular hobbies like gaming tend to attract those people.
 
No, I'm actually deeply depressed but have been putting off seeing a therapist due to the cost and instead escape into Netflix, sleep, and video games.
 
I always liked this phrase: "There are no happy endings, only new battles".

For me happiness is not some sustainable state and more like an ideal of stability. Personally I like to see life more as an ongoing endeavor, so as long as I have new goals and things to do/learn I'll consider myself fortunate, if not happy in the common sense.
 
I'm good.

I got to go to the county fair earlier today and see a monster truck show with the fiance. Something completely new for her and reminded me a lot of home which is nice. She was kinda down the last few weeks just because we are on opposite schedules but we've done a lot in the last two weeks together and she's very happy at the moment just because she wanted some time for us to be together and get out and do some stuff so that makes me happy.

Vacation with her in northern Michigan in a few weeks on the lake and I'm so ready for it.

My only trouble is money just due to my student loans. I'm able to do fine though and my fiance has been able to save up a ton of money for a while so we have that. Hopefully next spring around the wedding I can land a better paying job with us starting to look for a house.
 
June was a shitty month during which I was very unhappy. July is better so far and looking forward to seeing friends in August (I live abroad, see them twice/thrice a year). Also new experiences coming up this and next month (scuba diving, joining a boardgame thing which will lead to me meeting new people).

And in the end, I'm a tall, (relatively) rich, white dude from Europe with a mother and two brothers that loves me, and I love them. I don't feel like I get to complain that much about my life to be honest.
 
I've been extremely happy this year.

Having lost a lot of weight that I suddenly gained last year and going to the gym has been really rewarding.

Socially, financially, and my education have been finally great for me after a long-slew of being a bit depressed.

Waking up feeling great has been something I've missed for a while.
 
I try to be, as difficult as that may be sometimes. Need to appreciate the simpler things in life, like the Halo 1 Pistol, Strangeloves in UT and the Goldeneye Grenade Launcher.

I'm living in the past.
 
I fluctuate. Going through chemotherapy right now, and this cycle has been tough, very painful and exhausting. But, my friends all held me a birthday party online, cause they knew I couldn't really leave the house, my boyfriend never fails to make me smile when I'm feeling like crap about my treatment.

I woke up feeling pretty okay, but went and read the news and doctors were describing my hospital as 'imploding' cause of funding issues and breakdown of leadership so now I'm feeling mildly terrified instead.
 
Hoo-doo said:
Yes. Extremely happy. Life's been amazing over the past few years and it's only getting better.

I sometimes feel as if i'm on the wrong board. Everyone in here seems clinically depressed.
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What's the secret yo? Help us out :)



Jokes aside, I'm not sure how to measure the idea of happiness. Is it with money, fame, fortune, wellness, love? Am I too aware of how I think and not present enough to be able to notice it?

I'm not really sure what I'm trying to say here, I guess I would have to think about it more to be able to put it into better words.

I would like to have some sort of safety net for when I am unhappy though. I would like to be able to help someone out when they're feeling down, instead of resorting to the "It's Okay Things Will Get Better" line.
 
Yeah I'm happy. Got an amazing wife, 2 fantastic kids, a nice house and a decent job which has good banter.

I suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which can get me down on occasion, but in general I'm happy.
 
i'm sitting on my ass, feet up on my desk, watching giant bomb videos at 2:30 am.

presently, i am happy. presently, that is all that matter.

except now you got me thinking otherwise. shit!
 
No. Working a dead end job, bleeding money left and right thanks to crushing student debt, constantly feeling lonely, and my cat's dying of cancer.

That being said, this is the best I've been in years!
 
I feel happy most of the time. I keep busy enough doing things so I don't stop or slow down. Tend to find if I was to sit down and think about things I'd become unhappy. But I try and just get on with life and make the most of what's going on. If something in my life makes my unhappy I'll try and figure a way to change it; job, home, money, etc
 
Yeah! I have the best wee family (two kids; 2 and 6 months), will be seven years with my girlfriend this year and I fucking smashed uni this year after getting back to education.

I might be poor as fuck, smell like baby sick and dress like a bum more times than not, but eh, rich where it counts :D

Life is good man.
 
I don't know. I've just turned 19, so there's at least time to figure it out. I just don't really have any good friends. None I see on a regular basis, or have carried through high school or elsewhere. You know, people you can count on, know intimately. Just acquaintances I get on with a few days a week and don't see otherwise. I'm not part of any group that makes plans together. It's loneliness more than anything, that finding stuff to occupy myself with is depressing because it's just filling time.

It's the first summer after starting university and it's just not doing it for me at all.
 
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