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Are you happy?

How many times a day do you suddenly think to yourself "I'm happy"
A - never
B - very rarely
C - once a blue moon
D - occasionally
E - fairly often

ThomasLevi 6 Feb 13
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I suffer depression but nothing can change that but I'm fairly happy.

Being in nature helps

I agree as do other things. I was so much worse before

@LeighShelton and the color green. Is green soothing because nature is green? Or is nature green because it is so soothing? IDK. IDC. It just is.

I too suffer from depression. I've been really good for several years thanks to a wonderful psychiatrist! Praise the universe. Overall I'm a bubbly person. I hate that term but it fits me pretty well. Hope you have a good support system!

my fish and dogs and my art help a lot and I stopped drinking, smoking and weed under a very good psychiatrist like you @Marcie. as for green yes your right @EllenDale as winter in a temperate zone just makes everything worse. I come alive in spring with the fresh growth, birds and insects.

@LeighShelton three weeks after Dec. 21, to the day, I feel as if the sun came out, I'm on uppers and I've had great sex. I didn't, but the days are longer and I feel GREAT! Come fall, I feel it in August. I heard Britain is geay a lot . I'd hate that. Such a nothing color! Having an all-season light might help. Hope this helps or come here. Girls would LOvE you!

@LeighShelton shar peis! Gorgeous dogs! What kind of fish is that? I used to have Siamese fighting fish, blue

@LeighShelton your art is great. I admire people who can do things I can't

yes, its very grey and everything seems dead here @EllenDale. id love to come over there but my life is here sadly and my dogs which I'm not locking in prison/kennels. the fish is a giant gourami. thanks about the art x x

@LeighShelton Grey is depressing, and the rain I see on TV shows (not necessarily accurate) would make my arthritis painful. Yes, we can't lock our family in prisons or kennels! Although I have a few family members I wouldn't mind locking up somewhere far away, lol.

well you can't choose your family @EllenDale

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E. Some folks say that I am too happy. I have all that I need for my happiness and enjoy life on my own terms.

This and I would add, all things considered, life could not be much better.

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Oh, you make it easy: E
When my blood sugar is where it is supposed to be (how did that happen?)
When I realize I did not take any painkillers for the last three days
When I see a fellow gardener and she says :come on over in May and I'll give as many Dahlia tubers as you want."
When I have dreams about the past.
When I listen to the blues..

I wish I had your neighbor!!! Love Dahlias!

@BlueWave Her name is Audrey. She and I share our passion for English roses. She lives on "Snob Hill"( not the real address) and is very well to do. I am the poor but cheerful one. Her Dahlias are magnificent. She provides individual blooms for the teller stations at our Credit Union, so I know her collection. Can't wait to pick up the tubers.

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I'm not sure I know what happiness is anymore. All work, no play. I only know when I'm accomplishing something.

Perhaps you will find happiness in your accomplishments. In my professional career I worked around the clock. I was very happy in the doing and in a sense my work ceased to be work at all. I am retired now and don't know how I did it, but it has paid off quite well. Hopefully, your efforts will result in good things too.

@Dwight Thanks, Dwight! I hope I'm as successful as you've been. I'm happy with my work. I love what I do. It only hurts when I stop. 🙂

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E

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fairly often, I think that is because I live in a pretty much no hassle housing scheme; 26 flats, we pretty much are all getting on , so we are "all 'getting on!" I also have a wonderful partner who lives above me and is sweet and kind and we share chores and look after each other - Yes I may moan at times but life is good.

That sounds WONDERFUL, Jacpod.

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I'm not unhappy. I like homeostasis, being on an even keel. I'm not in the heights, but not down in the dumps. Its a comfy place. I know for every height of happiness I will descend below the line, so lets just avoid the drama and be comfy.

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I'm fairly happy but when you get older you tend to get depression. People ask what you are depressed about. It should be obvious that you are slowly growing closer to a final destination so you are more limited as time goes by. No, I am not talking about a heaven or an afterlife. I tend to be attracted to younger women and I have already had 4 major relationships in my life. I does not appear there will be any more of them. This is depressing within itself.

@DenoPenno -- Odd, I've got you by six years and I don't feel any of that depression you're talking about. Perhaps you're not holding your mouth right?

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@ThomssLevi And what about you?

I am essentially very happy. I am very often struck by the fact that I ofter feel an overwhelming happiness based on nothing other than perhaps being content.
So much so that I did a video about it.

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C. I feel at times like I want to move into another dimension.

Yeah, I get that sometimes to.

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E: But I like my grumpy persona

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E

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B. But I honestly never really think about it. I'm a kind of person who is neutral I guess. It's weird.

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Very often.

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E. The blues get me from time to time but I'm accused of being a relentless optimist often enough that I suspect I'm happier than most.

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I don’t feel all that happy. But if you tell me to go to church to find happiness, I’m gonna get even more unhappy.

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Not happy, not sad, but I am drunk! That counts for something!

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D. doesn't usually last long before reality reasserts itself but can usually find a couple of things to smile about every day even if it is only a homegrown tomato or a beautiful moth.

Kimba Level 7 Feb 13, 2018
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Damn right I am buddy, I'm going to HEAVEN. Unfortunately not until I die.

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A .Content but never happy

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Fairly often. Most of the time, really. Happiness is a choice, and a journey. I choose to be happy, and I work at it, therefore I am happy most of the time. I have depression/anxiety, and on my bad brain days I don't feel happy - but I AM still happy, I just can't access it. I know it's there, and I know depression lies, and I get through and then I'm happy again. It's not about your circumstances, it's about what you do w/ them.

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Define happy.

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E- can't be happy if you're never sad.

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I've got a fairly sunny disposition, unless I'm aggravated. I'm a realist, but I do try to see the upside of things. It's much easier to be cheerful than dour. Small humans and dogs are both good for accomplishing a positive mood.
My answer is E.

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Considering our man-made reality built upon people utilizing their rights of alternate realities to enlist new laws so their country can mimic that of their so-called reality, I'm going to say E.

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