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Maybe that works for a lame brain robotic sort of person? I wouldn't know.
I'm not sure if he was joking, but it's a stupid comment to make. I mean, if you hurt yourself badly, you can't choose not to feel pain. The same applies to happiness not being a choice either. It's a chemical reaction in the brain. Choosing to fake happiness when you're not really happy at all doesn't count. The idea of choosing happiness is what's known as "toxic positivity" along with all that New Age positive thinking nonsense that actually shames the mentally ill and adds to the stigma
That sounds rather harsh. I'm still at 1. This is the anniversary of death week. My husband died on May 21st 2010.
It always feels a bit weird. I called my son and we talked for a few minutes. He'd put in a grueling 12 hour day. I called my sister twice, but she hasn't gotten back yet. Maybe tomorrow. I want it to be over before the day. I don't want to feel as though I have to go through this alone.
I have a reasonably good job for my area. Little debt. By the numbers, I'm doing alright.
On a personal level, I'm depressed a lot. I've had a lot of problems with my most recent girlfriend - we're broken up, back together, broken up, etc. A lot of drama, and a lot of that is not the fault of either of us.
I don't have many friends here. That's kind of dropped off since I moved off. A lot of drinking buddies, but few people who have my back.
That sounds rather harsh. I'm still at 1. This is the anniversary of death week. My husband died on May 21st 2010.
It always feels a bit weird. I called my son and we talked for a few minutes. He'd put in a grueling 12 hour day. I called my sister twice, but she hasn't gotten back yet. Maybe tomorrow. I want it to be over before the day. I don't want to feel as though I have to go through this alone.
I won't have to because we have a Grief forum.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I can empathize as I just passed the 6th anniversary of my husband and youngest daughter. The people on the grief forum here can be very helpful, but I do hope you have a good friend or family member to spend that day with and reminisce about the good times. I have a good friend that always spends that anniversary with me and helps me reminisce about the good times rather than the deaths themselves. It really helps.
Yes it's difficult to rate happiness. I think I run somewhere in the middle, 5 or 6, most days. But it can go very low on difficult occasions and higher on good occasions.
I have a reasonably good job for my area. Little debt. By the numbers, I'm doing alright.
On a personal level, I'm depressed a lot. I've had a lot of problems with my most recent girlfriend - we're broken up, back together, broken up, etc. A lot of drama, and a lot of that is not the fault of either of us.
I don't have many friends here. That's kind of dropped off since I moved off. A lot of drinking buddies, but few people who have my back.
I'm in the EXACT same situation. A now ex-girlfriend that wants to stay in touch. In my case, she created most of the drama, but some of it was beyond her control.
I have no friends here either and nobody has my back. I'm also depressed most of the time. Going home to an empty house in a city that isn't home, with no friends isn't fun.
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