I don’t like the word happy. Happy seems to imply skipping thru the tulips with your arms out wide and a beautific smile on your face.
Happy is a cover word for everything. Like Be Happy, Happy Birthday, Smile and be happy, ect. I think a better word for depressive people is to be content.
I am pretty sure that I am content. That is better than being happy. Being happy all the time is sitting someplace and laughing at nothing constantly. Even (so called) normal people don’t do that. If you see something funny, yes please, laugh at it. That will make you happy for a minute or two. Then stay content. At least with content you can maintain that emotion. No one in this world can be “happy” all the time. Do not stress yourself out because you are just not happy.
I laugh with friends and I laugh at the TV and I laugh at my animals, a lot. But other than that I can be content with things. Maybe that is why I think people with depression need a support animal or sit out in nature watching a crazy squirrel run around. That will get your brain chemicals in a good place for a while.
The next time you are feeling down in the dumps try to decide if you are nice and content. That is a wonderful place to be. Maybe it will be when someone is just talking to you or you see a thunderstorm rolling in and the wind feels great on your face.
Do not just stay in your head and think about how unhappy you are when you don’t even know what you are unhappy about.
Being content is a great place to start and then realize that you like it there.
Baby steps, people, baby steps.
Read another post or look around at the Market Pages. Lego’s are on there if you need something to keep your mind busy.