Discussion When was your last time, being Truly Happy?

[_PRETTYLIGHTS]

cant really remember a time where i was tbh, childhood was ok before school began but now its getting worse over the years

 

[anonymous anomaly]

I've never really been truly happy, but sometimes I get distracted and that can help. Although, even when I get distracted, I always end up drifting back to how I was. I believe that eventually, happiness could be possible, but I'm not sure how to achieve it.

 

[k75]

I don't even know anymore. At the end of 2010, I was in pre-op for the surgery that ruined my life. My best friend told me he was worried I'd never be happy again, and so far he's been right.

 

[Flume]

Around the time I was 8 years old.

 

[Scooby-Doo]

It's been a very long time. My life's a nightmare I can't wake up from. Childhood was ok.

 

[hatelife]

2012

 

[NotSoComfortablyNumb]

cant really remember a time where i was tbh, childhood was ok before school began but now its getting worse over the years

When I started up with my partner 8 years ago. Before he broke my hand for my birthday. Now I'm sad and alone. I'm sorry you feel sad too

 

[CarefulWithThatAxe]

When I was a young child to naive and innocent to know any better.

 

[NotSoComfortablyNumb]

When I was a young child to naive and innocent to know any better.

I hear that. I'm jealous of a child's ability to find enjoyment in little things

 

[porfin1234]

Many many times last year in my job when I was at the school I loved, dancing in the lake at home... in fact just dancing and being in nature.

As far as happy for a long period of time... I remember feeling pretty content and stable before I got involved with someone last year. And went downhill from there.

 

[NotSoComfortablyNumb]

Many many times last year in my job when I was at the school I loved, dancing in the lake at home... in fact just dancing and being in nature.

As far as happy for a long period of time... I remember feeling pretty content and stable before I got involved with someone last year. And went downhill from there.

Love is total bullshit. All it does is remind you how much someone can screw you over. Hope you find peace x

 

[OneBigBlur]

Never.

 

[TheEndof]

Never. I can't remember one period in my life when I wasn't depressed or anxious, even as a child. I've had short periods of happiness, I guess. I wouldn't call it being truly happy. Just being able to cope better than I can now. The last time was probably 7 years ago.

 

[Squiddy]

2010 and before and then 2014-2016 were good years, but 2017 and up, I've been suicidal since then

 

[forever21]

Never tbh. As a child and teenager I couldn't meet up with friends and lost them in 8th grade. Had a controlling mother, who said that 'life is not for fun' and thereby didn't care about feelings.everyday someone was screaming. A week prior to my 18th birthday lost all emotions and hope for a better future. Almost 4 years later and despite my best efforts it just got worse.

 

[Numbtopain97]

Never

 

[MysticPerception]

For a very brief period during my childhood when I had a best friend who truly understood me. We both understood each other completely and did almost everything together. We even did some er...questionable things together as children. Despite there being hardships and bullying and other problems none of them bothered me as long as I had him. I even kept in contact with him and visited him a few times after he moved away and we were older. But I lost contact with him completely and it was never truly the same like when we were kids. Now that I think about it I might have been in love with him and not even understood it at the time. Oh well it doesn't matter now, he's completely gone from my life and I've moved on. I don't want to drag him into my problems I just want him to be happy wherever he is. I''ll never be that happy again though.

 

[HannahB]

I'm not sure happiness exists other than as a lack of knowledge. Like dark is the absence of light.

 

[porfin1234]

Love is total bullshit. All it does is remind you how much someone can screw you over. Hope you find peace x

Naw... this one I walked into eyes wide open (he was polyamorous and nomadic), got attached as that's just how I am, distracted and delusional etc etc and didn't protect my own heart.

attachment / clinginess does not equate love. I've learned that.

 

[Quarky00]

"Truly Happy", dunno how you define happy...

Gorgeous sunset at the beach 6 months ago felt good (which is rare). Almost "bliss"? Doing it again yielded nothing. Anyway that was just a moment in time. I don't remember a period of happiness. Never had "a good year" :|

* Following that psychiatrist wrote "Patient enjoys life, no need for therapy" , LOL.

 

[BlueWidow]

I don't remember exactly, but I was probably hugging my husband at the time.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

Four years or so ago, lying on the lawn with next doors dog after a day working in the garden of the house I grew up in. Now someone else lives there and I'll never see my home again.

 

[HereToday]

I was happy for about a month or two when I met my ex, before he turned into the devil. Other than that, never

 

[Morphinekiss]

2015 before my miscarriage. Life since then has been problem after problem and while I may have brief periods where there is something or someone who brings me joy, I'm never 100% happy

 

[Foreversad]

I don't even know anymore. At the end of 2010, I was in pre-op for the surgery that ruined my life. My best friend told me he was worried I'd never be happy again, and so far he's been right.

My time exactly .i was 17 and it was great

 

[Kyrok]

What does "truly happy" mean? I've had good moods. I felt fulfilled with this or that project.

But when I look at the whole of my life, it's disappointment, self-recrimination, and resentment. If that's in the background, can there be even a moment of "true happiness"?

 

[unworthy_]

Before 2014. Too many lives were taken that year and year before that. I long to back to those years again and make it right. I slipped into depression last year. It seems short period for many here but every sec feels like years of agony for me. I really hope I can go back to fix things up. But I know we can never go back. I cant also find the incentive to move my life forward. It is hopeless...

 

[Insomniac]

when I was younger, at 1am comfy under my blanket watching animes...

 

[FuneralCry]

I cannot remember ever being 'truly happy', I'm not sure if I ever have done really. Sometimes little things such as my cat have made me feel better but I have never been able to fully escape from the negative emotions. Does happiness even exist, or is it just a delusion. I cannot see how one could be truly happy in a world filled with so much pain.

 

[lofticries]

Never honestly. Life was always full of insecurities, anxiety, and guilt for me. Those are pretty much the main moods I was born with.