It seems to me that people don't want to be happy. This is seen in saying like, "people live lives of quiet desperation".
As much as I bitch and whine about my depression, I ought to still feel happy. I have nothing really causing me distress like loans debt, and such. — Wallows
It seems to me that people don't want to be happy. — Wallows
As much as I bitch and whine about my depression, I ought to still feel happy. I have nothing really causing me distress like loans debt, and such. — Wallows
But, it seems that my question is ill-phrased. People do things that they think will make them happy. And here is the problem. Many people are unwilling to change their habits or hand over their rudder to someone else until the problem is too large that medicine has to intervene. — Wallows
I go to doctors to get better; but, fail to listen to them and order medicine online and try and be my own doctor. I don't think this is exclusive to me, as other people can be more headstrong or stubborn to seek help. — Wallows
So, how do you solve this problem of what I believe is most succinctly outlined as individualism clashing with authority? — Wallows
The goal to happiness requires unique roads that weave differently for us, and therefore in order to navigate through that path it is a journey we must figure out within us. If clinicians had the blueprint there would be no need for therapists. — Anaxagoras
Is it making you happy? — Bitter Crank
So, (truth) or "happiness" is a pathless land. — Wallows
How, do you even relay this profound and shaking message (originally from Krishnamurti) to a struggling individual? — Wallows
The goal to happiness requires unique roads that weave differently for us, and therefore in order to navigate through that path it is a journey we must figure out within us. — Anaxagoras
So, how do you solve this problem of what I believe is most succinctly outlined as individualism clashing with authority? — Wallows
As much as I bitch and whine about my depression, I ought to still feel happy. I have nothing really causing me distress like loans debt, and such. — Wallows
But the situation in which these empirical phenomena are continually threatening to manifest should not be ignored. — darthbarracuda
I still think that happiness is a pathless land, just, as you say, is a highly individualistic goal. — Wallows
Do you think it should be therapy first, and then if that doesn't help seek medication. Or the route most traveled, as in medication first, and then therapy? — Wallows
To be fair, there are plenty of things to be distressed about that are found universally in every human life because they are structurally inherent to human life. — darthbarracuda
Adults keep saying we owe it to the young people, to give them hope,” Thunberg said, “But I don’t want your hope. I don’t want you to be hopeful. I want you to panic. I want you to feel the fear I feel every day. I want you to act. I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is. — Greta Thunberg
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