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post 1642265623 07-06-2021, 10:09 AM
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What's the secret of people that are always happy/positive?

It looks like nothing can affect their positive mood.
post 1642265733 07-06-2021, 10:10 AM
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I think it's fake man.

True happiness or having a happy life encompasses a myriad of emotions. Not just 'Good Vibes Only'.
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post 1642265793 07-06-2021, 10:11 AM
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post 1642265893 07-06-2021, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted By PectoralBrah⏩
It’s called drugs
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Know a lot of women that took "happy pills"
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post 1642265963 07-06-2021, 10:13 AM
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understanding that most the sht we worry about doesn't matter all that much in the grand scheme of things
post 1642265983 07-06-2021, 10:14 AM
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its not that hard. enjoy the little things. you dumb ****gts
post 1642266043 07-06-2021, 10:15 AM
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They're putting on a front. In my experience, people who feel happy all the time are actually depressed as fuk. 60% of the time we feel indifference, 20% of the time sadness nd 20% happiness....deal with it *******
post 1642266143 07-06-2021, 10:16 AM
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post 1642266233 07-06-2021, 10:18 AM
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Having a general understanding of psychology helps. If you take an honest account of what upsets you and why, you can weigh it's importance and decide if it's worth worrying about. If you decide it's not worth worrying about, then you have fewer reasons to be unhappy.

This is if you don't want to go the drug route.
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post 1642266283 07-06-2021, 10:19 AM
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They focus on all of the things to be grateful for in life and work towards achieving goals instead of despairing about things out of their control (ded fkn Srs)
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post 1642266333 07-06-2021, 10:19 AM
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Well, I don't think anyone can be happy ALL the time. The ways I try to stay positive & happy are:

I don't watch the news. It's depressing AF.
I appreciate the little things in life.
I try to read or watch stuff that is upbeat and makes me laugh. There are studies that show smiling, even if it's forced, makes you feel better and happier. That whole fake it til you make it thing.
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post 1642266363 07-06-2021, 10:20 AM
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Sometimes they don't care about themselves, like their health, people taking advantage etc. or like the earlier poster said, they are hiding depression. That's really bad because nobody will help them because they don't look like they need help.

Sometimes it's just personality they are born with. Some people can endure a lot and they always pick themselves up whereas others collapse when a feather hits them.
post 1642266553 07-06-2021, 10:22 AM
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Nobody is "always" happy.

I'd like to think I'm a pretty positive person. I don't dwell on things, don't make small things a big issue, don't want control over anything and generally let people be. I think on things for a few minutes, then let them go. Knowing full well that I have very little control over things that happen.

Concept of Dukkah (from Buddhism) states that the more attached you are to things/people/conditions/environments - the more you suffer. Suffering is caused by wanting things a certain way. You gotta let go to be at peace. The more you attach yourself, the more you're inviting pain.
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post 1642266613 07-06-2021, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted By RealLifeAlpha⏩
They focus on all of the things to be grateful for in life and work towards achieving goals instead of despairing about things out of their control (ded fkn Srs)
this is true about intelligent people who are happy.

however there is definitely a subset of 'happy' people who are blissfully ignorant about how trapped they are in life. or maybe their temperament is such that they truly don't mind (the average miscer seems to have a much greater problem with this than the average person)
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post 1642266723 07-06-2021, 10:25 AM
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post 1642266923 07-06-2021, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted By MuzzieChik786⏩
Nobody is "always" happy.

I'd like to think I'm a pretty positive person. I don't dwell on things, don't make small things a big issue, don't want control over anything and generally let people be. I think on things for a few minutes, then let them go. Knowing full well that I have very little control over things that happen.

Concept of Dukkah (from Buddhism) states that the more attached you are to things/people/conditions/environments - the more you suffer. Suffering is caused by wanting things a certain way. You gotta let go to be at peace. The more you attach yourself, the more you're inviting pain.
That's very good advice. Made me think that I don't get attached to things or conditions but I do get overly attached to people unfortunately.
post 1642267003 07-06-2021, 10:28 AM
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post 1642267063 07-06-2021, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted By Cass40⏩
That's very good advice. Made me think that I don't get attached to things or conditions but I do get overly attached to people unfortunately.
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I think it's kind of genetic and dependent on how many happy chemicals your brain wants to shoot. Women are socialized towards putting out a happy and outgoing front though.
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post 1642267133 07-06-2021, 10:30 AM
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post 1642267323 07-06-2021, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted By Cass40⏩
That's very good advice. Made me think that I don't get attached to things or conditions but I do get overly attached to people unfortunately.
Yea, for us women, that one is the hardest because of our nurturing tendencies. But it can be resolved with lots of practice. For example, when my son was born, I already know, he won't be mine forever. Sooner or later, he will leave and that's okay.
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post 1642267353 07-06-2021, 10:33 AM
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Being happy all the time is impossible. But words I live by are,

“grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference”

I think I’m a pretty happy person. Things I don’t do are drama, social media, keep company with Debby downers and pessimistic negative people.
post 1642267523 07-06-2021, 10:36 AM
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Ignorance, lack of self awareness.


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Anytime I get restless, irritable, or discontent I do something for someone else and try to be useful or helpful. That usually solves my selfish self-wallowing and pity party and BAM life is good again.
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post 1642268533 07-06-2021, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted By Cass40⏩
Made me think that I don't get attached to things or conditions but I do get overly attached to people unfortunately.
You & the rest of women on the planet. You’re hard-wired to biologically. Men are more likely to get attached to a situation/place, social image, or title.

Most people are faking it. Women in particular are told by society to “smile” & they often feel pressured to fake being happy so they do. Orgasms aren’t the only time they’re pretending to feel good. Men also certainly fake being happy too, they just don’t have quite as much pressure to.

There are genetic components of happiness, but I think genuinely happy people mostly do what another poster said. They are able to remain connected with themselves & appreciate things without being attached to them. Loving and appreciating people/places/things without being attached to them lasting forever is godlike. It's easier said then done & impossible to do perfectly, but the happiest people do it best.
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Originally Posted By ListenHereBruh⏩
its not that hard. enjoy the little things. you dumb ****gts
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Originally Posted By proudmanlet⏩
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Yup. People are off-base when they think it’s about “goals”. Getting too focused on goals leads to workaholism, eating disorders/body obsessions, & never being present if taken too far. Setting and achieving goals is great and important, but it’s not the ticket to happiness. Some of the most miserable people on the planet are always setting goals. This used to be my mindset and I was fuking miserable. To appreciate the little things, you gotta forget your “goals”.

Also I have a massive cawk. It keeps me entertained
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Originally Posted By Strawng⏩
Yup. People are off-base when they think it’s about “goals”. Getting too focused on goals leads to workaholism, eating disorders/body obsessions, & never being present if taken too far. Setting and achieving goals is great and important, but it’s not the ticket to happiness. Some of the most miserable people on the planet are always setting goals. This used to be my mindset and I was fuking miserable. To appreciate the little things, you gotta forget your “goals”.

Also I have a massive cawk. It keeps me entertained
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Originally Posted By Jkm94⏩
It looks like nothing can affect their positive mood.
think of humpty dumpty...always cracks me up
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