Has anyone here found happiness

[Wakawaka]

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[WornOutLife]

I found it some years ago when I was slimmer, was going out with the love of my life, my mother's schizophrenia wasn't so bad, travelled around the world, had more money, and was more mentally stable.
Now, I'm still looking for it but it doesn't seem to want to be found again.

 

[MyrSS]

Happiness is a fool's ambition.

I'm far more in-line with Buddhist teachings.

Buddhism teaches that existence is suffering, we should help one another minimize eachothers suffering, and we should strive for enlightenment.

Enlightenment is not about happiness or sadness it's about truth.

 

[Wakawaka]

Happiness is a fool's ambition.

I'm far more in-line with Buddhist teachings.

Buddhism teaches that existence is suffering, we should help one another minimize eachothers suffering, and we should strive for enlightenment.

Enlightenment is not about happiness or sadness it's about truth.

what am i supposed to do with that

 

[Mohkinstsis_falls]

about a year ago, I had a period of time in spring and summer where i truly felt happy. i've come off that high point now but it's comforting to know that that is possible for me.

 

[usernameforhere]

I've been happy, it's not something you arrive at and stay there forever. Pretty much everyone who reports having been there talk about how it comes and goes and comes again.
idk, it's like waves in the ocean

 

[hopelessanddisabled]

Only time in life I was ever happy was October and November and the first few days of December 2020. then I became disabled

 

[MyrSS]

what am i supposed to do with that

Do with It what you want heh. Buddhism helped me make sense out of the madness of the world. But in the end I'm still preparing to ctb. So idk.

 

[Wakawaka]

I've been happy, it's not something you arrive at and stay there forever. Pretty much everyone who reports having been there talk about how it comes and goes and comes again.
idk, it's like waves in the ocean

i guess my question shouldve been has anyone stopped being severly depressed and just, normal

I found it some years ago when I was slimmer, was going out with the love of my life, my mother's schizophrenia wasn't so bad, travelled around the world, had more money, and was more mentally stable.
Now, I'm still looking for it but it doesn't seem to want to be found again.

i've seen some of your posts (i believe), with quiting drinking and such, i hope you get there some day

 

[MyrSS]

i guess my question shouldve been has anyone stopped being severly depressed and just, normal

i've seen some of your posts (i believe), with quiting drinking and such, i hope you get there some day

I did I guess for the first month of being on antidepressant. Then it became ineffective. They upped dosage and then I got that happiness for another month.

Rinse and repeat and now I'm at the highest dosage and super depressed again.

 

[Wakawaka]

I did I guess for the first month of being on antidepressant. Then it became ineffective. They upped dosage and then I got that happiness for another month.

Rinse and repeat and now I'm at the highest dosage and super depressed again.

sorry to here that, i stopped taking ssri's years ago

 

[catch99]

I think the question you're asking is has anyone here been able to be content. We find happiness in things all the time. Maybe food or a joke or maybe you make some money that makes you happy. But the thing about happiness is that it's temporary. To expect to be happy all the time is crazy.

Being content is what is long-lasting. Not being content with your circumstances is often what leads to depression. To become content means to accept your current circumstances and simply be ok with it. If you can do this, you will be satisfied and no longer depressed.

 

[kerokeroka]

I'm only happy whenever i am able to forget about my current situation usually that means whenever i am immersing myself in philosophy books or other studies. And when i cant do that and i am stuck being alone with my thoughts i try to meditate and think of philosophy since thinking about my life makes me want to kill myself (in this case i should keep about my life then)

 

[JustAMatterOfTime]

Temporarily at least, bliss nearly. Small moments always with another person but not long term sustainable happiness.

 

[FuneralCry]

No. I just feel an large absence of emotion. Maybe I would have an feeling of contentment as I drift off into death. I would love to steal somebodys happiness just for a little bit.

 

[noname223]

I would search in the recovery section

 

[Last chance]

Found it,lost it which makes the whole thing so much harder in my opinion.

 

[GenesAndEnvironment]

Yeah, meditated my way into feeling love and stuff. This was in 2017 I think. Now it's laughter and pain that makes up 100% of my existence.

 

[narval]

Temporarily time ago. That's the tragic of the topic: many had it and lost it

 

[RedHarlequin]

Nope, my brain is unable to do that.

 

[NormaJeane]

Yes, I have found happiness many times in my life. But not everybody want to die because of some mental problem. We will all eventually become deadly sick, in chronic pain or very old with age-related ailments. And when that happens, the rest of your life will only get worse and for many people it will be better do die than to suffer for years, meaningless suffering.

 

[DarkWolf]

Don't even know what happiness is.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Sure, I was very happy about seven months ago. Too bad it slipped away...

 

[motel rooms]

Don't even know what happiness is.

"Happiness is a warm gun (bang, bang, shoot, shoot)"
-- J. Lennon
He was referring to his penis , but one can also use a gun to produce happiness by blowing one's brains out

 

[MrBigSad]

What helped me a little is to try and study psychology , acknowledging why you feel unhappy . I say it's 50% existential dread and 50% acknowledging that the world doesn't care. If you are kind to others , you are kind to yourself :)

 

[motel rooms]

Do with It what you want heh. Buddhism helped me make sense out of the madness of the world. But in the end I'm still preparing to ctb.

I see suicide as a shortcut to nirvana Misguided & disgusting to Buddhists, I know, but I think Cobain chose the name of his band because his young self agreed with me

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

No. I'm stuck with circumstances that can't be changed or improved. I'm mentally and physically ill and can't get proper diagnoses. It's a done deal for me. The best I can get is fleeting enjoyment. A good meal, or movie, for example. But that's about it.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Yes. Revels.

 

[motel rooms]

Happiness is a fool's ambition.

I'm far more in-line with Buddhist teachings.

The "pursuit of happiness" really is a pretty new, naive idea. If you try to pursue happiness, it will only flee...

 

[alown]

It is because I knew at the time what it is to be happy that my life is unbearable today by being unhappy (yin and yang)