I hate when people tell me it’s going to be ok… That life gets better. I get that, I do. But honestly if I lived an alliterative life with all the money in the world I still wouldn’t be happy. I know too much and seen too much to be happy. Why can’t people accept that?
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Nelisaurus,
Quite right, Total happiness is an illusion, you could hand me a gold bar i wouldn’t be happy, on the other hand your not suppose to be that happy, your suppose to be happy at times and sad at others, that goes for everybody, the best chance at being happy is doing what you love to do. unfortunately jacking off and eating pizza doesn’t pay the bills! so in most cases were forced into doing what we don’t really want to do, in order to be happy part time at best. life doesn’t come with a magic wand, while you and i are alive our best bet is to strive to do things we enjoy. but keep it reasonable.
The only thing I enjoy is writing and reading and neither are enough of a reason
Nelisaurus,
then you need more 🙂 work on more 🙂
I believe you. But even if things are never going to get better for you, you’re still alive and still here for some reason and purpose.
For all of us, we feel that we are not done or finished yet, otherwise, I believe we would have already checked ourselves out.
The thing is I don’t want a purpose… I feel done, the only thing holding me back is a broken society and over protective parents… If I lived on my own I surely wouldn’t be alive
Sorry to hear that. Allow me to be selfish and say that I hope you find a reason to live and go on.
Started reading a book today on that very subject: “Before Happiness” by Shawn Anchor. So far I would rate it so-so based on the lengthy anecdotes, lofty promises and somewhat contorted practises suggested.
But I will admit some of it seems useful. He has something about the brain receiving 11 million sensory inputs at a time, but only being able to process 40 bits per second. So WHAT you process matters immensely to what you perceive as “reality”.
He advocates broadening the number of available “realities”. Here’s an example:
List five bad things about your job. Then list five good things about your job. Finally, list five other things about your job.
It needn’t be “job” you do this with. It could be other things. The point is, the realities listed are different, but equally true. You need to choose the most USEFUL one for you. Which he then goes on to describe how to do, and I’ve forgotten, and that’s about as far as I got, and I’m really tired.
Anyway. Take care.
I believe you can be happy. You might be expecting things to be too good… so then everything seems to be a let down to you. You have to learn to enjoy the simplest of things and then that is when your happiness will come. Learn to appreciate life. Try it will come!
Might be wrong here but i’ve seen many times that when you’re unhappy and have lots of money, it ends up becoming more of an issue than a solution. In the end money is just a mean to an end, and if you aren’t able to find something that makes you happy without having money, it’s likely that you won’t find it with money. That said… well, you never know, so that’s why people do try to encourage you, because even if you led a life full of bs and unhappiness, you never really know what might happen eventually (even if your natural reaction is to say: everything will remain the same). I don’t think people encourage you just to upset you either, but i do get how it feels to hear “it gets better” for the millionth time while things remain the same.