No. I've screwed my life up, and I'm really scared of doing it again.
This is not a good time for me.
This is not a good time for me.
Are you happy?
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I am happy. I graduated high school a month ago. I am going to USMC boot camp to start my career in another month. I have a flexible summer job and a horrible Mazda that gets me where I need to go. I have friends, and do things with them most nights. I'm single, but that's fine for now.
Honestly, I have no reason not to be happy.
Honestly, I have no reason not to be happy.
I'm happy because I don't want to spend my life whinging so I look at the brighter side of everything. Everyone gets sick of people who say this but it won't stop being relevant: Get some perspective, there are people starving, thirsty, in the middle of wars, abused etc and we sit at home on our laptops complaining about our lives because we don't feel like we're going anywhere right now or some shit. I'm not saying everyone in a privileged country should just be happy, I know we can be unhappy as of course I have been unhappy many times, but damn I wish people would stop complaining like their lives sucked worse than anyone's and get some perspective...
ANYWAY, I would say I'm happy. I've got friends, family, and a bunch of material shit I don't need, a few good parties on the horizon and a church community I love. There's not much more I could ask for.
ANYWAY, I would say I'm happy. I've got friends, family, and a bunch of material shit I don't need, a few good parties on the horizon and a church community I love. There's not much more I could ask for.
Good god no. Whiny rant from here on. You've been warned.
I work 100+ hours a week doing outsourced art and hoping I can improve my skills and move up in the world, only to make half the income of someone working minimum wage for 40 hours a week. I'm so busy I see my friends only a couple times a month at the most, and when I do, they've all moved on and started families. I don't have anything in common with them anymore. I have nothing in common with anyone I'm related to, except my father who died just as I started high school way back when. Because I make so little money, I'm stuck living on my mom's couch, where I barely have any space due to her hoarding so much while I lived away from home for 6 or so years. The last time I had space to call my own was when I lived in a storage room in south-east Asia with only a cot, two bags of clothes, and a laptop. My aspirations feel like pure fantasy, yet I keep trying to work towards them.
That's probably enough useless ranting... plenty of relationship problems, loneliness, and anxiety issues, too. If I went off about everything I suppose I could fill quite a bit of space...
I've been depressed for about half of my life. Tried medication for it for years, but didn't really do anything for me. All I can think to do is work harder and try to get to where I want to be. If that doesn't work out, I'm going to try to become a Bond villain.
I work 100+ hours a week doing outsourced art and hoping I can improve my skills and move up in the world, only to make half the income of someone working minimum wage for 40 hours a week. I'm so busy I see my friends only a couple times a month at the most, and when I do, they've all moved on and started families. I don't have anything in common with them anymore. I have nothing in common with anyone I'm related to, except my father who died just as I started high school way back when. Because I make so little money, I'm stuck living on my mom's couch, where I barely have any space due to her hoarding so much while I lived away from home for 6 or so years. The last time I had space to call my own was when I lived in a storage room in south-east Asia with only a cot, two bags of clothes, and a laptop. My aspirations feel like pure fantasy, yet I keep trying to work towards them.
That's probably enough useless ranting... plenty of relationship problems, loneliness, and anxiety issues, too. If I went off about everything I suppose I could fill quite a bit of space...
I've been depressed for about half of my life. Tried medication for it for years, but didn't really do anything for me. All I can think to do is work harder and try to get to where I want to be. If that doesn't work out, I'm going to try to become a Bond villain.
Well unlike most of my friends, for the first time, I truly know what I want to do in life, and what I need to do to get there.
I'm definitely apprehensive, but regardless, I am very content, and I believe that meets this thread's criteria for happiness.
I'm definitely apprehensive, but regardless, I am very content, and I believe that meets this thread's criteria for happiness.
lets see... I hate my job, but I at least have a full time job, while most of my friends suffer unemployment, and those who do have jobs still have lesser salery than me, so its a good bad I suppose.
I have a great boyfriend, sure he gets on my nerves every now and again, but I suppose that is just natrual, he supports me and inspires me otherwise so I still think it's a win.
I have my own place for which I'm very proud of, a shame though that it is only a temporary contract, so I'm gonna have to find a new home in 3 months. but I have enough savings for that not to be a lasting problem. so I believe it will be sorted out.
well the things I can say i'm actually sad about is the fact that ju current job is killing my neck and over all destroying my physical and mental health, and I don't have enough education to take my life where I want it to be (but hey, I'm working on that one) and my family is a sinking wreckage I'm trying to get away from but can't quite cut off.
but in the end I can't say i'm unhappy, most of the time I'd say I'm pretty happy. alot happier than I've been in other times in my life, so I don't really feel like complaining.
life always has it's pros and cons, and atm I'd say the pros are in a majority.
I have a great boyfriend, sure he gets on my nerves every now and again, but I suppose that is just natrual, he supports me and inspires me otherwise so I still think it's a win.
I have my own place for which I'm very proud of, a shame though that it is only a temporary contract, so I'm gonna have to find a new home in 3 months. but I have enough savings for that not to be a lasting problem. so I believe it will be sorted out.
well the things I can say i'm actually sad about is the fact that ju current job is killing my neck and over all destroying my physical and mental health, and I don't have enough education to take my life where I want it to be (but hey, I'm working on that one) and my family is a sinking wreckage I'm trying to get away from but can't quite cut off.
but in the end I can't say i'm unhappy, most of the time I'd say I'm pretty happy. alot happier than I've been in other times in my life, so I don't really feel like complaining.
life always has it's pros and cons, and atm I'd say the pros are in a majority.
No, I've had a horrible week, first I had my cell phone stolen while i was on a trip I drove six hours home and the next day i had to go to disneyland with my family (we can go any time we have season passes) I was vary tired all day and had sunburns witch got worse, then about twos days later my found that my car was broken into, that same day I was taken with family to a lake. witch was a trip i didn't want to go on but i went anyway, so to avoid have my burns get worse once more i applied sunscreen, turns out I'm allergic to this brand of sunscreen. I now sit here typing this with burns that itch... vary tired... and not knowing fully what missing from my car could have my identity stolen you never know.
No, I'm not. I thought I was for a while, but now I know I was lying to myself.
I have no worthwhile social life, to the extent that I envy anyone else that say they don't have a social life. I don't even have parents or family I trust in backing me up. I spend a lot of energy trying to reach out to someone in hope of friendship or romance, but every time I try I'm hit by the realization that I'm not good enough. That I'm not interesting, attractive, or worthwhile. And whoever I have as friends now feel distant, as if they're not really my friends but just people I've spoken to.
Avoidant personality disorder is terrible, I wish that fate on no-one.
I have no worthwhile social life, to the extent that I envy anyone else that say they don't have a social life. I don't even have parents or family I trust in backing me up. I spend a lot of energy trying to reach out to someone in hope of friendship or romance, but every time I try I'm hit by the realization that I'm not good enough. That I'm not interesting, attractive, or worthwhile. And whoever I have as friends now feel distant, as if they're not really my friends but just people I've spoken to.
Avoidant personality disorder is terrible, I wish that fate on no-one.
No. Blame the fact that I recently got my heart crushed, I'm lonely, and I only got two friends which I can talk about stuff that's happening in my life with...
The only things that keep me from being an emotional wreck is the recent memories from the Anime convention I went to at Saturday and Sunday, along with a lot of games and drinking. Being an HSP sucks, but at least I've gotten freakishly good at faking happiness when I'm near others or when I write stuff that people can see (like status changes on facebook or msn)...
The only things that keep me from being an emotional wreck is the recent memories from the Anime convention I went to at Saturday and Sunday, along with a lot of games and drinking. Being an HSP sucks, but at least I've gotten freakishly good at faking happiness when I'm near others or when I write stuff that people can see (like status changes on facebook or msn)...
Not happy, but content.
My social life is gone to hell, the job is stressful as hell, I'm in conflict with family, and I can't find affordable housing.
But I could be much worse off - got a fulltime job which pays okay, I am healthy and got a roof over my head, so I guess content will do.
My social life is gone to hell, the job is stressful as hell, I'm in conflict with family, and I can't find affordable housing.
But I could be much worse off - got a fulltime job which pays okay, I am healthy and got a roof over my head, so I guess content will do.
Happines is not my priority right now. I was born with the highly useful ability to get by on 1-3 friends, I live in a relatively nice house in a relatively nice neighborhood in a great country with good loyal, funny friends and i have the ability to enjoy things to the fullest. But really I'm the kind of person who feels unsatisfied with life unless he is accomplishing something. Gift and a curse really.
Am I happy? I don't know. I also don't know how that knowledge would benefit me. Am I more or less satisfied with my life? Yes.
I'm just not the kind of person who thinks/cares about happines.
Am I happy? I don't know. I also don't know how that knowledge would benefit me. Am I more or less satisfied with my life? Yes.
I'm just not the kind of person who thinks/cares about happines.
Well two of my best friends just moved to America for 18 months and I hold little hope of finding a girlfriend due to whatever reasons (I'm hardly a prime catch). So I'm struggling to see the magic in life at the moment. Hopefully I'll get over those two trivial issues, but right now they're bothering me.
I have no job, hardly any money, no partner to share things with, I'm an agoraphobic that suffers from extreme social anxiety. But...
I have good friends, my own home, enough money to eat and pay my bills, I have internet access and consoles to play on.
Am I happy? Yes. Should I be happy, not according to the media, but sod them. My happiness does not rest on material things, it rests on me, and I can live with my place in life.
I have good friends, my own home, enough money to eat and pay my bills, I have internet access and consoles to play on.
Am I happy? Yes. Should I be happy, not according to the media, but sod them. My happiness does not rest on material things, it rests on me, and I can live with my place in life.
I am a little stressed out after my exams, and really don't want to disappoint my parents with shoddy results. But I have really great friends who love me far more than I could ever return, a fantastic girlfriend who I haven't seen in forever (no phone/internet + holiday = no contact) and half of my A levels are already done and dusted! So yeah, I'm happy.
Well. I guess that's kind of a hard question for me. There's sort of a lot to it from my perspective, so I'm sure you wouldn't mind if I talk about it in short...
I am okay with my life as a whole, I think. I'm young enough that I'm still living at home, with one year of high school left(so long as I keep my grades and such good, which is actually looking bad at the moment...) my parents give me plenty of pocket money to do with what I will, and they give me plenty of freedom with very few chores and such around the house.
I feel like I should be happy, but I'm really not. There's a lot to it, but I've got major problems with my back and neck which constantly pain me, psychological issues, random panic attacks, nightmares almost every night that keep me awake(if I even can sleep due to the back pain), I'm very emotional and cry a lot, my dad moved out of state, and some issues too complicated to explain in a short forum post...well, I have a good life, there's no doubt about that, but I'm not happy, and I don't know what to do about it.
I am okay with my life as a whole, I think. I'm young enough that I'm still living at home, with one year of high school left(so long as I keep my grades and such good, which is actually looking bad at the moment...) my parents give me plenty of pocket money to do with what I will, and they give me plenty of freedom with very few chores and such around the house.
I feel like I should be happy, but I'm really not. There's a lot to it, but I've got major problems with my back and neck which constantly pain me, psychological issues, random panic attacks, nightmares almost every night that keep me awake(if I even can sleep due to the back pain), I'm very emotional and cry a lot, my dad moved out of state, and some issues too complicated to explain in a short forum post...well, I have a good life, there's no doubt about that, but I'm not happy, and I don't know what to do about it.