Is anyone completely happy with their life??

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Reply 40

Tom78

Original post by Muppet Science

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I ****ing hate this guy. I guess that's the point though..

Reply 41

username1039383

Original post by AmyAintDead

I once was, probably about this time two years ago. But currently I have lost a lot of dear friends, still mourning over deaths this past year, am exhausted and frustrated, guilt-ridden and just plain bored, despite having hobbies that usually satisfied me. Truth is, I just wish I hadn't messed up the best thing in my life and then I'd be okay.

What happened to them if you dont mind me asking?

Someone dear to me passed away too and i'm still in the healing process

Reply 42

Toriar

I believe that some people really are completely happy with their life. I'm not, but I wouldn't say I'm unhappy either. I'm grateful for everything I have and I'm trying to put my energy into improving myself rather than moping about the things that are wrong with me. I think the one thing that would make me a lot happier is if I had a group of friend in real life.

Yeah, more or less.

Original post by ChaoticButterfly

I disagree. If you're completely happy you have archived Nirvana :u:

And I think Nirvana is impossible. To me there is always better, a Buddhist state of nirvana would therefore be impossible.

Reply 45

LostGear

Does anyone else get this random euphoria that you can't explain and you don't know where it's coming from?
It feels like you're being lifted into heaven :lol:

Reply 46

TurboCretin

Original post by LostGear

I'm not 100% happy until I own my luxury home, car and outdoor pool :tongue:

Presently, I'm content with my life :smile:

Until you attain those things and start craving 110% happiness...

Reply 47

username851717

Nah i'll never be totally happy :tongue:

Reply 48

username996405

There are good days and there are bad days. I don't think I've ever just sat there and acknowledged feeling perfectly happy.
Sometimes it feels like I'm looking for excuses to bring myself down which is a bit 'wtf', I know.

But I'd say I'm content. Taking life as it comes, one step at a time. :biggrin:

Reply 49

LostGear

Original post by TurboCretin

Until you attain those things and start craving 110% happiness...

Do you know what I crave? That random inner deep 'euphoric' like happiness that springs up once a while for no apparent reason :tongue:

Reply 50

TurboCretin

Original post by soph1293

Warning: depressing post...

I don't think I'll ever be truly satisfied with my life. I care too much what others think, compare myself, put too much emphasis on things that aren't that important and I'm terribly pessimistic. Unless I work on my self and my attitude, I'll never be content, no matter how much I have or achieve :frown:

You're right - comparing yourself to others (at least if you're only comparing yourself to people better off than you, as most people do) is a great way to be miserable forever. Try to focus instead on comparing yourself to yourself yesterday.

Reply 51

TurboCretin

Original post by LostGear

Do you know what I crave? That random inner deep 'euphoric' like happiness that springs up once a while for no apparent reason :tongue:

Those have been very few and fleeting for me over the last few years... Have you experienced its evil twin: random feeling of impending doom?

Reply 52

LostGear

Original post by TurboCretin

Those have been very few and fleeting for me over the last few years... Have you experienced its evil twin: random feeling of impending doom?

Ahh the evil twin :angry:

Yup, but it's becoming less and less frequent I wonder why? :beard:

I think that healthy eating and working out might have something to do with it :lol:

Reply 53

sabana

Well there have been times in my life when i've felt extremely down and depressed and had suicidal thoughts. So compared to then i'm a lot happier although im not completely happy. Im just grateful that i no longer feel that way. Also ive graduated from uni so i guess im kinda happy about that but also nervous about finding a job.

Reply 54

username1398367

Original post by JamesTheCool

I failed a year of uni due to depression (which I've been able to resit thanks to extenuating circumstances) but I haven't told my friends from home about it as I was too ashamed (what with having started uni at 20 and it being my first year). At the time I found out I failed (last September), I went through a nervous breakdown and was in a state of denial, and I've been living a bit of a lie since. I also drank a lot of alcohol to cope, as I was going through hell. They're gonna flip when they find out. It's just that when you start a pretty big lie it's very difficult to go back. I'm living in a constant tightrope of anxiety and paranoia that they might find out, or are speculating about it.

I'm still at university so it's not like I've lied about that. It's just a slight deviation of the truth to cover the shame.

Also, I go to this bench in a village green (near where most of my friends live, quite far away from me) to drink alone in secret every Saturday evening (which I know seems weird, but I get so bored and depressed at home on Saturdays and my friends always have workshifts/dates with their partner so are never out (and I started doing it when I found out I failed the uni year, so it's a habit, plus the thrill of doing it and nobody knowing, and I get to smoke without my parents knowing)) and one of my friends' friends who seems to dislike anyone who's "weird" recently noticed me doing it, and he seems to be giving me a hard time by saying subtly nasty jokes aimed at me which no one notices, and I can't do anything about it as I'm too socially anxious and scared of causing a scene. It might just be in my mind though.

So those are my problems, preventing me from full happiness.

What do you mean by 'failed due to depression'?

Reply 55

username1398367

Original post by LostGear

Does anyone else get this random euphoria that you can't explain and you don't know where it's coming from?
It feels like you're being lifted into heaven :lol:

I grew out of that a long time ago

Reply 56

Sazzy890

I think you can have weeks where you feel completely satisfied but it is human nature to strive for more. Even people who 'have everything' want more, that's probably why a lot of celebrities get addicted to drugs and end up with depression etc.

Reply 57

AmyAintDead

Original post by Secretnerd123

What happened to them if you dont mind me asking?

Someone dear to me passed away too and i'm still in the healing process

That's fine, ask away, 'tis the path to knowledge! Two years ago I was in a mostly male geeky crew where I ended up dating one of my friends, but once we had broken up everyone kind of drifted away, with another friend showing affection for me which sadly wasn't returned. My ex and I have a very complex and often toxic friendship, and people moving away we all just kind of drifted. It really sucked because with that crew, I felt like I truly fitted in, was accepted for who I was and I understood my true identity for the very first time. :frown:

I understand totally, I am so sorry to hear your loss. Is this your first experience with death, because it is for me and I lost two people within three weeks of one another so I totally understand your agony. Best of luck with the healing process. :smile:

Reply 58