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What the hell is happiness supposed to look like? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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I'm not sure I've ever known and am not certain I will. I can be happy in a moment, but that goes away. Meds help me shrug it off, and I don't tend to dwell on existential shit like this for long, but like...I dunno that I was cut out for this world, yo.

Also this isn't a cry for help and im not particularly sad or upset right now, I was just walking one of the pups and thought to myself "if I can't be happy I'm gonna make sure these fuckers are."

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[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Happiness as an emotion is a transitory state. Even the periods in my life I look back on as happy times I wasn't happy all or even most of the time. I was dealing with all usual day to day cares and worries of everyday life.

Minimizing suffering, and thus maximizing the ability to experience happiness is a more achievable goal than being happy all the time imo