Are you happy?

[Use_Imagination_here]

Happines is not my priority right now. I was born with the highly useful ability to get by on 1-3 friends, I live in a relatively nice house in a relatively nice neighborhood in a great country with good loyal, funny friends and i have the ability to enjoy things to the fullest. But really I'm the kind of person who feels unsatisfied with life unless he is accomplishing something. Gift and a curse really.

Am I happy? I don't know. I also don't know how that knowledge would benefit me. Am I more or less satisfied with my life? Yes.

I'm just not the kind of person who thinks/cares about happines.

 

[Griffolion]

Well two of my best friends just moved to America for 18 months and I hold little hope of finding a girlfriend due to whatever reasons (I'm hardly a prime catch). So I'm struggling to see the magic in life at the moment. Hopefully I'll get over those two trivial issues, but right now they're bothering me.

 

[Reverend Del]

I have no job, hardly any money, no partner to share things with, I'm an agoraphobic that suffers from extreme social anxiety. But...

I have good friends, my own home, enough money to eat and pay my bills, I have internet access and consoles to play on.

Am I happy? Yes. Should I be happy, not according to the media, but sod them. My happiness does not rest on material things, it rests on me, and I can live with my place in life.

 

[PatrickXD]

I am a little stressed out after my exams, and really don't want to disappoint my parents with shoddy results. But I have really great friends who love me far more than I could ever return, a fantastic girlfriend who I haven't seen in forever (no phone/internet + holiday = no contact) and half of my A levels are already done and dusted! So yeah, I'm happy.

 

[loc978]

Right now? Sure, I'm content. As for happiness, I agree with this man:

 

[derbt]

I'm ridiculously happy. I had my last test for the semester today. ^.^

 

[SquirrelPants]

Well. I guess that's kind of a hard question for me. There's sort of a lot to it from my perspective, so I'm sure you wouldn't mind if I talk about it in short...

I am okay with my life as a whole, I think. I'm young enough that I'm still living at home, with one year of high school left(so long as I keep my grades and such good, which is actually looking bad at the moment...) my parents give me plenty of pocket money to do with what I will, and they give me plenty of freedom with very few chores and such around the house.

I feel like I should be happy, but I'm really not. There's a lot to it, but I've got major problems with my back and neck which constantly pain me, psychological issues, random panic attacks, nightmares almost every night that keep me awake(if I even can sleep due to the back pain), I'm very emotional and cry a lot, my dad moved out of state, and some issues too complicated to explain in a short forum post...well, I have a good life, there's no doubt about that, but I'm not happy, and I don't know what to do about it.

 

[Gizmo1990]

No I am English.

 

[Leppy]

Sure, Im happy. Money in the bank, a few close friends, nice new car.

Im too self conscious to persue a girl who is interested in me, reason- currently I'm too out of shape (super thin, no chest (male), low stamina), and have not enough free time to get a gym membership.

But really, cant complain. Honestly, I feel anyone who isn't living in a 3rd-world country (or in poverty) should be at the very least content, even if their life is not on track. Just remember, there are people just like you who do manual labour 14 hours a day and earn less money then you'd find under your couch.

So, throw on some Bob Marly and cheer up everyone.

C:

 

[Danny91]

Yeah nothing to complain about being happy is better than being sad, so I'd rather be happy

 

[XHolySmokesX]

most of my friends i only see at work.
on my days off i find i literally have nothing to do and can't think of anything to do.
i don't have a girlfriend and haven't for a good year.
My job sucks, my manager is a dick.
oh and my neck isa fucked at the moment which is really annoying me.

However, i'm happy enough.

the sound of good music always puts a smile on my face, and is one of the main things that can bring be back from the brink of depression, or murderous rage, lol

Also i'm off to uni this september, so i got a lot to look forward to =)

 

[Matt Wood]

no...i am so sad, so very very sad
the only girl ive ever truely loved is with one of my best friends.
most of my other friends have stopped talking to me because i dont play xbox
and im in a shitty dead end job... my life is full with many sighs

 

[cameron196789]

Yes, but after reading some of these I feel a little depressed.

 

[eastinfecter]

When I am with inside her, yes. *fixed!

OP: Only during the winter.

 

[boyvirgo666]

no. i feel life is a constant mass of stress and bullshit and the only reason i dont kill myself in spectacular fashion(probably involving bunny slippers and a woodchipper) is because i refuse to lose

 

[Just_A_Glitch]

I should be. I've every reason to be. Great family, great friends, all the potential in the world. But I'm not.

I don't know so much if I'm not happy, but rather not entertained. I'm bored with life. I'm bored with my routine. I'm bored with going to work, going to school (to be a teacher. That's an uplifting feeling that I'm already tired of school, when that's what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my life). I talk to a few friends about making a spontaneous trip to somewhere exciting, like New York City, or LA and San Fransisco, or hell, even Europe... But we never act on it. We never set aside a fund to pay for these trips. I can fly for free anywhere I want in the country, but I don't take advantage of it. I'm just bored, and for some reason, I can't bring myself to take the leap and change that.

So no, I'm not happy. I'm not sad. I'm bored of it all, and just waiting for the spark I need to change things up.

 

[lettucethesallad]

Yeah, I'm pretty happy. I believe happiness is a person's natural 'default' state, and that you should do what you can to maximize your happiness. The other day I was walking home in summer rain grinning like an idiot because I just felt it was a really nice day to be alive.

I'm weird that way.

 

[Aetera]

No, I'm definitely not happy with my life. A lot of the time I'm completely unable to feel happy, period. Gotta love Bipolar Depression. -_-

/violin

...Bah. I need to stop angsting. The last thing I want is to start brooding like Angel(from Buffy). I'll never hear the end of it.

 

[Jonabob87]

Beautiful wife, child on the way (2 and a half months to go, woohoo!), kick starting my career in games journalism. I am super happy!

The only worry is not having a full time job at the moment, but that shall be remedied