How happy are you, overall? On a scale of 1-10

[NMDemDist2]

I'm talking on a day by day basis, how do you feel about your life?

I'm a 2 and some days I'm a 1 :bounce:

How are you doing?

and if you'd like to give this a kick once in a while, that would be cool too :hi:

[BarenakedLady]

1. Wow

My answer was much different than it would have been 6 months ago.

I have challenges right now (to put it mildly), but I am generally happy.

[NMDemDist2]

2. I wonder how much of it is attitude? Even with challenges you can stay

pretty happy, while others can have a easy life and still be miserable?

sorry you are having troubles and I hope they are resolved quickly :hug:

[BarenakedLady]

5. LoL.

Medication and therapy.

:D

[NMDemDist2]

10. ahhh

:pals:

that's good you're getting help. I think we all need help at certain points in our lives.

:toast:

[billyskank]

21. I really hate that

This idea that it's attitude; it seems to accuse a person who isn't happy that it's all their own fault. This pernicious idea seeks to tell people that they can change everything about their lives, all they have to do is will it. The corrollary is that a person who is suffering suffers because they want to. This is a lie. Depression may well be a rational response to an intolerable set of circumstances, and suggesting to a person who suffers that they should simply think their way out of their predicament is unhelpful and heartless.

[NMDemDist2]

24. you misunderstood billy

I know there are medical and other reasons for a person to be sad. sometimes sad is the only reasonable response to some situations.

there is no such thing as comparative pain and I was wrong to imply that.

but I do believe that what ever you focus on gets bigger. if you focus on the problem it can seem overwhelming. if you look for a good thing, it can sometimes lift you up if only for a minute.

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

3. The second option...

:)

And why is bouncy smiley stuck in suspended animation? :o

[NMDemDist2]

4. bouncie got awestruck by your amazing coolness!

:rofl:

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Ah ha!

:rofl: Btw, how about the Republican Cuisine thread in C&B?! :rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

8. ugh!

I was at work the other night and they had an auxiliary initiation so they brought me a plate of the food the ladies brought for their function.

get this--on the plate was a Ham sandwich on white bread with Velveeta and Miracle Whip, Cheese Doritos, macaroni salad with Miracle Whip and relish (nothing else, just elbow macaroni, relish and Miracle whip) and a deviled egg that was egg yolk and mayonnaise, no spice, no garnish, no nothing

:banghead:

[bicentennial_baby]

11. Oh gross...I would have taken the Doritos and ran!

:puke:

That's just so wrong on so many levels... x(

[NMDemDist2]

14. yeah, it was pretty scary. Once upon a time I attended a pot luck in rural West VA

that was pretty much local people.

We made tabouli with fresh tomatoes and lemon juice. We refused to tell anyone what it was, just said try some and see.

That HUGE bowl was gone in 15 minutes :evilgrin: Only then did we tell em it was bulgur with lemon juice and mint.

they were all ready to be grossed out until they remember how tasty it was :rofl:

Just shows you can lead people to try new stuff as long as you don't tell em what it is ;)

[bicentennial_baby]

16. That's why I'm sneaking anchovies into my next pasta sauce!

Shhhhhh! Don't tell! :o

[NMDemDist2]

19. okey doke!

PS did you get the kitten yet?

we want pics!!

[bicentennial_baby]

20. Not yet...gotta clear it with the landlord first

To keep things above board and all that. I'm going to go see him tommorrow. And you will get pics! :bounce:

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. I'm sort of like the opposite of a manic-depressive

On a scale of 1-10 I'm always ALWAYS a 5.

I'm never really upset, even when bad things happen to me, and I'm never really all that thrilled when things are going well.

I have brief moments here and there, like when I'm watching sports and my teams are doing well or poorly, but in terms of my life and things that affect me, I'm pretty even 99% of the time.

[NMDemDist2]

9. would you say you're generally content then? n/t

[THUNDER HANDS]

18. eh

generally content, or generally uncontent.

:)

[EstimatedProphet]

12. Things are good right now

I've gone through a lot of crap to get here too, and I am grateful to be here.

[NMDemDist2]

15. yeah, dude, I know it's been tough

so glad you're here too :hug:

[hfojvt]

13. I cannot choose the last answer,

it's not metric. Besides, an inch is so much bigger than a nanometer.

Nano nano.

[NMDemDist2]

17. sorry,

nano nano is not good eh?

:hug:

[hfojvt]

22. yes, it is good. It brings laughter

to old people. Since it is Mork's way of saying hello.

But Mork is not remembered.

Shazbot!

[Kajsa]

23. Kinda like a duck.

Lookin calm and collected on the surface.
( It's a job requirement.)

But paddling like hell, underwater.

SERIESLY- I strive for serenity, everyday.
Some days I have it, lots of it, other days, so-so.

It's an ongoing thing,
C'est la vie!

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

25. hehee great analogy!

:hi:

[Nicole]

26. suprememly, excuberantly estatic 99% of the time

I feel great about where I'm at in my life. It took several years of heartache & pain to get here though.

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

27. how could you be anything else?

we all know bunny slippers are a sure fire way to happiness!!

:evilgrin:


congrats on working through your pain to get where you are today. it's awesome isn't it?

[Nicole]

28. Exactly!

I've reverted to my childhood love of silly things & I think that helps! My kids say they will soon be parenting me. :silly:

BTW, I understood what you typed above about attitude. As I mentioned above it took years of heartache & pain to get to this point. My life has not been an easy one. By some people's standards it probably isn't even a happy one right now. However it's the one I was dealt & I'm making the most of it. I learned that I could focus on the good things in my life, which at times seemed non-existent, or I could focus on the bad things. Focusing on the good things didn't make the bad things go away but it certainly helped me deal with them. Focusing on the bad things just made me more miserable.
One day at a time I try to find joy in the little things. Yesterday it was the first flower of a hollyhock that the damn rabbits usually eat before it gets big enough to bloom. That thing is 5 years old & this is the first time it has flowered. :banghead:

I believe my attitude in the past had a lot to do with me being happy now. Or I'm just too damn stubborn to admit life sucks. :P
Either way, I voted for the "supremely, exuberantly ecstatic 99% of the time", and I'm standing by that. Yes, it is awesome!

[NMDemDist2]

30. I hear you. when I talk about my childhood people get this horrified look

and usually say something like "OMG! you poor thing!"

it usually surprises me when that happens. It was just my life, I don't feel like a victim. :shrug:

good on you Ms Nicole!! and keep buying them bunny slippers :bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. I am mostly good, but I am dealing with challenges...

And, believe it or not, that is the truth...

I was in therapy for some months, and it helped so damn much...

Even I can be depressed......

But for the most part, I am good.....

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

31. Peggy

:hug:

I think everyone deals with depression at some point in their lives. I'm so glad you took action to alleviate it and it's starting to get better.

You deserve every happiness in the world. that's *MY* story and I'm sticking to it :bounce:

[cwydro]

32. I am very happy.

I have a great life. I live in my dream place and have a wonderful family and good friends. My furfaces are the loves of my life.

But damn I hate my job. That detracts from the happiness quotient considerably. I gotta quit.

[NMDemDist2]

34. yeah, work is a lot of hours of your life

best wishes on your search for something better :hi:

[cwydro]

36. Thank you.

In my younger days I would have already just ditched it. Now I am older and more cautious and I'm not sure that is such a good thing.:hi:

[Joe Fields]

33. There are two things that would make me much happier...

One would be when Bush and his cronies leave Washington. (preferrably in handcuffs)

[NMDemDist2]

35. hear hear! I'll drink to that!

:toast:

and the other.......

?????

or would it get my thread locked?? :rofl:

[Joe Fields]

37. would not be polite to say....

[TOhioLiberal]

38. hmmm...

kinda sad, kinda blue. Dealing with personal issues. I have moments, however where I feel almost normal (as normal as a weirdo like me gets anyway ;) ) On a scale where 1 is the worst and 10 is he best I'd peg myself at a 4.5.

[NMDemDist2]

43. hope things get better soon!

:hug:

[Fox Mulder]

39. I'm inches from giving up altogether.

[NMDemDist2]

41. ....

don't guess cyber hugs are worth a whole lot, but it's about all I can offer

:hug: :pals:

hope things get better very soon!

[ellisonz]

53. *stresses*

Finals, moving, unemployment, and my hypocritical, self-serving poor excuse of a family (literally).

I'm better now.

[Xipe Totec]

40. My personal opinion...

The world is changed by unhappy people.

because happy people don't want things to change.

So humanity makes progress only by those people who are unhappy with the status quo.

[NMDemDist2]

42. there is a certain amount of truth to that

:hi:

[Deja Q]

44. Work = 6, maybe 7. Corporeal health = 5. Spiritual health: 7. Relationship level - 1.

Averaged: 6.5 - or 7 despite the drag from being single. :D

[NMDemDist2]

49. overall that's pretty good

:hug: and here's to improving what you lack my dear :hug:

[Blue_Tires]

45. zero-point-zero-zero

and that's probably on a good day

[NMDemDist2]

50. .......

may one of these be in your future......

[Blue_Tires]

57. thanks...

a Corvette or Ferrari would be nice, too...lol

[ellisonz]

46. I'm inches from giving up all together.

My life has entirely collapsed in the last 3 weeks...there is no future.

:scared: :grr: :cry: :banghead: :dilemma:

[NMDemDist2]

51. hang in there

we all go through periods of extreme stress.

it will get better :hug:

[LaurenG]

47. Mostly I hover around 8 or 9 but there are moments during the day when I

might feel a 3 or 4 coming on. :hi: On edit: is 10 good or is it 1? I'm pretty happy so I hope you meant 1 to 10 with ten being the best.

[NMDemDist2]

48. wow

that's quite a spread.

here's to happiness :toast:

[LaurenG]

52. Well my boss has a great deal to do with it

On weekends I am very content. During the week the entire office suffers and some days more than others. The lows are transient. They end at "clock out."

[Starbucks Anarchist]

54. 3 or 4.

[gemdem]

55. Been hovering around 4

for what seems like forever -- and that's a high point any more. Somedays even 1 seems like a challenge. Life is not great right now, but I can put up one hell of a facade. Somehow I've been able to break the linkage between my feelings and behavior. I'm not unique in that regard, but there are days that I amazed that I can do it. Life is not good right now -- but it is what it is...

:cry:

[enigmatic]

56. I'm very, very happy

Happiest I've ever been in my life:)

[philosophie_en_rose]

58. Probably a 2.

really stressed at work right now.