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Do you fear happiness ?

Do you fear happiness ?


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No,

I have chronic congestive heart failure. My prognosis at one time was five years transplant and or death. I have no choice but to be happy every day
 
Nope. Thats why I smoke weed.
 
Um... what?
 
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Why would anyone fear happiness? More likely, they might believe with every ounce of there being that they don't DESERVE it. There's no doubt in my happy little mind that people who think this way make sure they are self-fulfilling prophecies...
 
Why would anyone fear happiness? More likely, they might believe with every ounce of there being that they don't DESERVE it. There's no doubt in my happy little mind that people who think this way make sure they are self-fulfilling prophecies...
maybe they think it will be taken from them
 
I don't fear happiness itself but many situations that make us happy also end up breaking our hearts, so I'm often skeptical.

 
does it also lead you to be a socialist ?

Nah. Ive been a open socialist in one form or another since I was 15. Didnt start smoking weed until I was 20.
 
Nah. Ive been a open socialist in one form or another since I was 15. Didnt start smoking weed until I was 20.

I smoked a little in college too. Read Marx though when I was high school. Always liked the humanist Marxist like John Berger who was an excellent art critic.
 
maybe they think it will be taken from them

That would be like the man who says, "It was too painful for me to lose my 13-year-old dog. I will never have another."

I've never understood it.

Or those who lose a love and never plan to love again...too painful.

I suspect they are cowards, frankly.
 
Nope, I don't fear happiness. I wake up happy most days and travel through the day feeling quite happy and content. Happiness is not dependent upon circumstance but rather brain chemistry.

I have good brain chemistry most of the time.

I don't aspire to be happy. I aspire to be content. Happiness is fleeting, being content is not.
 
Nope, I don't fear happiness. I wake up happy most days and travel through the day feeling quite happy and content. Happiness is not dependent upon circumstance but rather brain chemistry.

I have good brain chemistry most of the time.

I don't aspire to be happy. I aspire to be content. Happiness is fleeting, being content is not.

So your mood doesn't change with circumstances?
 
That would be like the man who says, "It was too painful for me to lose my 13-year-old dog. I will never have another."

I've never understood it.

Or those who lose a love and never plan to love again...too painful.

I suspect they are cowards, frankly.

taht was really stupid ,I admit
 
So your mood doesn't change with circumstances?

that's a hard question as I can experience extreme anxiety to the point of panic attacks so it can change yes but only in the moment of panic and for short periods of time

so not really...my mood is usually quite stable under every day circumstances

I tend to view things as 'only occurring as they should' and will always work out for my betterment and good

my guy is the same way...he has good brain chemistry

it does help to be around someone of like nature as if you begin to plummet they catch you and are help you to reframe the circumstance

but I have to qualify this by saying, I am a pragmatist, I don't spin things in a positive way ever, I only always seek the positive in every circumstance

hope that makes sense
 
Tough question. Hope I don't fear happiness, and I would like to think my life is pretty happy as it is. There are times, though, when I will freak out in my head a bit that something is too good and surely going to come crashing down at any second.
 
Tough question. Hope I don't fear happiness, and I would like to think my life is pretty happy as it is. There are times, though, when I will freak out in my head a bit that something is too good and surely going to come crashing down at any second.

Having experienced a couple of crashes myself I just don't worry about them anymore. Really what is the worst that could happen? Death? Homelessness? A chronic disease? In any of those cases I'll find a way to smile and way to pull out something good. Life is is an experience what ever it tosses at you
 
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