Should I try to smile and feel happiness or should I just "accept" the apathy?

[so_mais_um]

Would it be better to try to smile and literrally try to be happy and imagine myself being happy or should I just let this apathy run in my veins?

 

[blackbeauty]

I think the idea is if you think positive, you feel positive and you do positive. The toughest part is thinking positive stuff consistently as our mind can go down a dark path so easily.

The concept of fake it till you make can be a starting point to your recovery of feeling better about yourself but I guess you have to be careful because if you get used to faking your happiness all the time, I don't see how that's any difference to apathy in the end.

 

[Life_and_Death]

Would it be better to try to smile and literrally try to be happy and imagine myself being happy

maybe read into the dbt skill called 'half smile'
idk if it would be for you, but since you mentioned it i thought i would put a name to it. maybe give you (and others reading) a direction to look into if nothing else

 

[so_mais_um]

maybe read into the dbt skill called 'half smile'
idk if it would be for you, but since you mentioned it i thought i would put a name to it. maybe give you (and others reading) a direction to look into if nothing else

What is dbt?

 

[Life_and_Death]

What is dbt?

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. its suppose to be for bpd (borderline personality disorder) but i personally find that it can be good for general use as well.

 

[JoysoftheEmptiness]

Would it be better to try to smile and literrally try to be happy and imagine myself being happy or should I just let this apathy run in my veins?

I often go around smiling, but inside I'm crying all the time. Its a lie we all do, and often its best to hide our suffering, the outside world don't understand our suffering. I try to look on the bright side of life, sometimes, even that is sad and painful.