I’ve lost the things that make me happy. My wife, my dogs, the closest things that I’ll ever have to children, and I’ll never have them back. Every day seemed like a frantic chase to a goal that I’ll never see, and as I plod along, I become an emptier shell than the day I was before.

What would be the point?

If you are happy you are a target, you still haven’t lost hope and you still have something that can be taken away.

I’m lonely and hate myself, and I hate myself too much to move towards not being lonely.

Also I’m in the Navy, and I work insane hours.

I have balls.

Why should I be?

Almost every issue I have right now goes back to billionaires, fascism, or capitalism. The last two years have been the most difficult of my life so far, and literally existential. I just nearly avoided statelessness and now I can’t legally work following a layoff, so I’ve been living off of savings

Dunno

I don’t really have any complaints, I’m just not a very happy person

Because 46 and lost remote job, and after working a year from home dread having to go into work. Especially with gas what it is and I live in shit hole state with no public transportation. Add to the fact that I must try find work in this economy while dealing with ageism. Just fucking hate this shit.

I suffer with self confidence and consider myself forgettable

just found out my boyfriend of nearly 9 years has been emotionally cheating on me for the last 3 months, thanks to a drunken slip-up. what’s funny is it would’ve been fine if it was just sex, but no… boundaries had to be tested.

I miss happiness

At this point I can only blame my broken brain.

Mostly I am happy - I don’t think it really has that much to do with my circumstances, which now are relatively cushy, just a lucky quirk of biology. I have been reasonably happy when homeless, I do get anxious but not depressed, just not how my brain works.

So please never blame yourself if you are unhappy, it can be the other side of the same coin. I do think satisfaction, the ability to be satisfied is a life skill, but happiness vs. sadness, some of that is biological.

Gestures around broadly

I am happy, but thanks for the check-in.