What is it? Chemicals in the brain? Antidepressants?
I feel like most people are happier than me.
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Perspective and probably brain chemistry.
I’m naturally a positive person so I’m happy doing mundane things…or perhaps content would be more like it but I have problems still with sz.
Like I have trouble forward planning. Yeah I’m happy but the future is beyond me and I live from moment to moment so I’m shite with money because I spend the lot and then deal with it for example.
It’s an intriguing question for sure but environment will have a thing too as your interactions with other humans dictates how you learn to behave…That is my two cents.
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Happiness is finding the right prescription.
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My Dr says I don’t have depression eventhough I used to feel sad and cry a lot, I tried to kill myself twice before. He knows all this. I don’t even know what depression is if all that is not depression.
Do you want happiness externally or would you prefer having a merry heart in life.
As I see it, happiness externally isn’t going to last, while a merry spirit would survive
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Depression is not necessarily sad, but lack of enjoyment. There is a sad affect, but you can have that for other reasons. You had a good future prospects that were ruined.
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I get bad depression. It’s stuck at the bottom of the abyss and don’t see out. It’s cured by the brain chems as I finally found something that works for me as I struggled with most ssri’s.
So for that it’s definitely the brain chemistry but I think perspective makes a difference. If the brain chemistry is alleviated I’m outwardly very positive…but I think things like enlightenment are chemical process’ much like drug trips and things…no. There’s nothing redeeming about drugs but the chemical makeups of our brains with sz are very hard to fight against which is why we need meds.
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The answer is different depending in normal and abnormal psychology. For normal happiness is all the things that make people happy. For abnormal its just brain chemistry
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Not necessarily old man
It seems many are happier than me,
In the best and easiest life, doesn’t mean you’re happy.
Yes we go through hardships with sz but many are happier than most,
The world says that must be hard having sz, but only you know you’re contentment
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20% medication and 80% outlook.
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Ability to be distracted oblivious laugh.
I’m ok not being happy. It’s too much work
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Happiness for me could be any number of things:
- A lazy winter weekend with my best friend.
- A 12 hour long night of sleep.
- A bowl of cereal.
- A cup of coffee.
- Practicing yoga.
- Practicing piano.
- Attending a piano concert
- A good book or magazine.
- Travel.
- Iced tea
- Cookies
- My journal
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Contentment for me which is what i try to attain and keep is one where i have my basic needs met and maybe a little something that i deem special. Not having too many possessions but just enough. An overfilled pot spills out and creates a mess….i don’t like too many messes.
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The happiest moment in my life is when I was in college and got 99℅ in organic chemistry and 96℅ in calculus. I cried and hugged my mom from joy. If I manage to stay off meds without symptoms for at least a year it will be this moment again.
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Happiness is a result of financial stability, exercise, healthy food, good sleep, low stress, social connections and gratefulness.
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Yes socializing makes me happy
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I’m not sure what happiness is, but there’s always someone trying to sell it to me
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I think I was depressed once and couldn’t eat. I feel like,; more of a constant state of mania.
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What is love, tis not hereafter?
Present mirth hath present laughter – Bill Shakespeare, As You Like It.
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Maybe your experience of a bunch of conditions?
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