What is happiness to you?

zildjian133 · 12-31-2004, 08:38 PM

Do you even know what happiness is? Everytime someone says "Oh look you're happy" they seem so sure yet does it really matter? Or is it even stupid to be happy.... The only true happiness I've found is total obliviousness in the least serene environments like an amusement park. Do you feel happiness in total consciousness or are we too self loathing to be happy?

trillobyite · 12-31-2004, 09:36 PM

being happy makes one feel confident about their life and their current part in affairs. For that I prefer being happy over depression. Every person as a different thing that relaxes them and makes them content. For you it is the amusement park. For me, it is the noises of machinery, rain, and wind. People are not too self loathing ot be happy. I mean, havent you ever had a point in time where you could say "I am having the time of my life?"

QreepyBORIS · 12-31-2004, 09:57 PM

Admittedly, when I am happy, I don't think very well. I like thinking.

I didn't really read the thread, k.

zildjian133 · 12-31-2004, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by trillobyite

For me, it is the noises of machinery, rain, and wind."

That's more of serenity which is slightly different than happiness by the amount of chemicals released in your brain. Happiness is short amounts of serotonin releases and no endorphin releasing. Serenity is endorphin releasage with very very little serotonin, almost as if a different emotion.

evilbutterfly · 01-1-2005, 07:01 AM

Come to think of it, I'm not really sure what makes me happy. When I play games, it doesn't really make me happy usually, it entertains me and distracts me from being bored. Usually people make me happy. Things they do just somehow get to me and give me that special happy feeling, which, to be honest, doesn't happen extremely often.

Wayfaerer_ · 01-1-2005, 08:52 AM

I dont really think true happiness happens much, maybe contentness though, where you are satisfied in the way everything is at the moment.

trillobyite · 01-1-2005, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by zildjian133

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Originally Posted by trillobyite

For me, it is the noises of machinery, rain, and wind."

That's more of serenity which is slightly different than happiness by the amount of chemicals released in your brain. Happiness is short amounts of serotonin releases and no endorphin releasing. Serenity is endorphin releasage with very very little serotonin, almost as if a different emotion.

But what I am trying to say is, each person has a different stimulus for happiness. You said you are most happy and content when oblivious within an active environment. I am most happy and content within more serene environments and noises. Even if it is a different emotion I am experiencing, that emotion leads way to me being relaxed and happy.

zildjian133 · 01-1-2005, 04:29 PM

So you're saying you'd be sitting in a serene environment with a big smile on your face because you're listening to ambient noises?

trillobyite · 01-1-2005, 05:38 PM

I don't express happiness with a big constant smile on my face...

But if you mean would I be relaxed, happy, and feeling good while listening to such ambient noises, then yes. I think everyone has a different definition of happiness, and this is mine.

**alainbryden** · 01-1-2005, 11:14 PM

I am happy when someone or something I care about is paying me special attention or compliments.
I am happy when I get alot of sleep and wake up to the cool sunlight.
I am happy when I can tell myself there is no work to do.
I am happy when I make someone I care about happy.
I am happy when I play with my puppy.
I am happy when I try hard and succeed.
I am happy when I can entertain myself and not feel like I've wasted important time.

I can't think of anything else that makes me happy the can't fit into that list. I'm sure lots of your things fit in there too.

**Snapps** · 01-1-2005, 11:32 PM

Truley this is sad, but...

I am happiest when I am alone, listening to my music, and browsing the forums.

When I am offline I feel like I left behind myself and I always want to go back, like the forums are the biggest community where we know eachother the best. I'm not nearly as close to people as I am online with my friends from the forums.

Yes I have the few offline but online and on forums is my home to me. And thusly is my true happiness, on the forums with my friends, no interuptions, and some very good music I like.

Tantric · 01-2-2005, 09:22 PM

I feel most happy when im with my g/f because we hardly see eachother at all...and i really care for her. I also feel happy when someone gets me something i want and doesnt mind at all...happiness is hard for me b/c those are the only times i feel good...

**zajac** · 01-3-2005, 09:33 AM

To me, happiness is just holding my g/f in my arms and knowing that we can be there for eachother through anything... She is my everything...

buttonkiller · 01-3-2005, 09:46 AM

i am happy when im on my computer playing diablo 2 as long as i can before i fall asleep
im also happy when i spend over 200$ on fake items and smile because now i can kill anyone with ease

Tantric · 01-3-2005, 03:47 PM

hey now that is just plain mean...i used to play that game a lot...and always had a grudge against those hacked items!!! well that is untill i got my own...haha' but i dont play anymore...i was happy also then just running around owning everyone in PK....

trillobyite · 01-3-2005, 06:26 PM

Ziljidan: Here is a perfect example of what I mean.

www.getrelaxed.com

Except the digital noises of the site are poorly made and I would much rather hear it in real life, but I am just giving you an example of what makes me happy.

AZN_Kaibigan07 · 01-4-2005, 09:40 AM

I dunno, I think true happiness is one of those things that you can feel when you want to feel it. It's something that comes naturally to me. If I want to brighten up my day, I...well, I hate to sound cliché, but I think happy thoughts. I guess I consider myself as an optimistic person and sometimes the littlest thing is capable of putting a smile on my face. But I also feel that happiness is something that you consciously have to experience before you start to feel it. I don't really think you could be unconsciously happy. There has to be something that sparks the happiness inside you to make you feel it in the first place.

M-A-C · 01-4-2005, 02:05 PM

True happiness for me is waking up on a Saturday morning at 11:00 with nothing to do and no where to go. Then I realize there is 20$ under my pillow. Sweet.

LokiSuku · 01-21-2005, 10:07 PM

Does one honestly know true happiness? Or is it our brains just fooling us into thinking we are happy. In the end, it depends on the person to truely define their happiness. There will never being a true universal definition of "happiness" because everyone is diffrent.

For me, being happy is forgetting that I'm sad.

**alainbryden** · 01-22-2005, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by LokiSuku

Does one honestly know true happiness? Or is it our brains just fooling us into thinking we are happy. In the end, it depends on the person to truely define their happiness. There will never being a true universal definition of "happiness" because everyone is diffrent.

That's what we all just said.

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Originally Posted by LokiSuku

For me, being happy is forgetting that I'm sad.

gky emo.

12-31-2004, 08:38 PM	#1
zildjian133 FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: LOMG LOCATION@HERE Posts: 1,138	What is happiness to you? Do you even know what happiness is? Everytime someone says "Oh look you're happy" they seem so sure yet does it really matter? Or is it even stupid to be happy.... The only true happiness I've found is total obliviousness in the least serene environments like an amusement park. Do you feel happiness in total consciousness or are we too self loathing to be happy? __________________

12-31-2004, 09:36 PM	#2
trillobyite FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 310	being happy makes one feel confident about their life and their current part in affairs. For that I prefer being happy over depression. Every person as a different thing that relaxes them and makes them content. For you it is the amusement park. For me, it is the noises of machinery, rain, and wind. People are not too self loathing ot be happy. I mean, havent you ever had a point in time where you could say "I am having the time of my life?" __________________ Every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lives here on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. http://obs.nineplanets.org/psc/pbd.html

12-31-2004, 09:57 PM	#3
QreepyBORIS FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: It is a mystery. Age: 35 Posts: 7,454	Admittedly, when I am happy, I don't think very well. I like thinking. I didn't really read the thread, k. __________________ Signature subject to change. THE ZERRRRRG.

01-1-2005, 07:01 AM	#5
evilbutterfly FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Small town, TN Age: 39 Posts: 5,784	Come to think of it, I'm not really sure what makes me happy. When I play games, it doesn't really make me happy usually, it entertains me and distracts me from being bored. Usually people make me happy. Things they do just somehow get to me and give me that special happy feeling, which, to be honest, doesn't happen extremely often. __________________ So I've gone completely slack-ass and haven't done any work on creating games. =( In less-depressing news, I got a job for an online business (which sells non-electronic games, of all things!) which has taught me a lot about marketing online and all that jazz. So now I'm on Twitter @NoahWright. And I write the blog for their website. Plus I do cool programming in-house that you'll never see. =O

01-1-2005, 08:52 AM	#6
Wayfaerer_ FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: My Lawyer Has Told Me To Reply Posts: 144	I dont really think true happiness happens much, maybe contentness though, where you are satisfied in the way everything is at the moment. __________________

01-1-2005, 04:29 PM	#8
zildjian133 FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: LOMG LOCATION@HERE Posts: 1,138	So you're saying you'd be sitting in a serene environment with a big smile on your face because you're listening to ambient noises? __________________

01-1-2005, 05:38 PM	#9
trillobyite FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 310	I don't express happiness with a big constant smile on my face... But if you mean would I be relaxed, happy, and feeling good while listening to such ambient noises, then yes. I think everyone has a different definition of happiness, and this is mine. __________________ Every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lives here on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. http://obs.nineplanets.org/psc/pbd.html

01-1-2005, 11:14 PM	#10
alainbryden Seen your member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,873	I am happy when someone or something I care about is paying me special attention or compliments. I am happy when I get alot of sleep and wake up to the cool sunlight. I am happy when I can tell myself there is no work to do. I am happy when I make someone I care about happy. I am happy when I play with my puppy. I am happy when I try hard and succeed. I am happy when I can entertain myself and not feel like I've wasted important time. I can't think of anything else that makes me happy the can't fit into that list. I'm sure lots of your things fit in there too. __________________ ~NEIGH

01-1-2005, 11:32 PM	#11
Snapps NO DOUBT GET LOUD Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Age: 35 Posts: 5,650	Truley this is sad, but... I am happiest when I am alone, listening to my music, and browsing the forums. When I am offline I feel like I left behind myself and I always want to go back, like the forums are the biggest community where we know eachother the best. I'm not nearly as close to people as I am online with my friends from the forums. Yes I have the few offline but online and on forums is my home to me. And thusly is my true happiness, on the forums with my friends, no interuptions, and some very good music I like.

01-2-2005, 09:22 PM	#12
Tantric FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: In a bubble Age: 38 Posts: 426	I feel most happy when im with my g/f because we hardly see eachother at all...and i really care for her. I also feel happy when someone gets me something i want and doesnt mind at all...happiness is hard for me b/c those are the only times i feel good... __________________ "I'd burn alive to keep you warm"

01-3-2005, 09:46 AM	#14
buttonkiller FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: liek omgz!!! Posts: 194	i am happy when im on my computer playing diablo 2 as long as i can before i fall asleep im also happy when i spend over 200$ on fake items and smile because now i can kill anyone with ease

01-3-2005, 03:47 PM	#15
Tantric FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: In a bubble Age: 38 Posts: 426	hey now that is just plain mean...i used to play that game a lot...and always had a grudge against those hacked items!!! well that is untill i got my own...haha' but i dont play anymore...i was happy also then just running around owning everyone in PK.... __________________ "I'd burn alive to keep you warm"

01-3-2005, 06:26 PM	#16
trillobyite FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 310	Ziljidan: Here is a perfect example of what I mean. www.getrelaxed.com Except the digital noises of the site are poorly made and I would much rather hear it in real life, but I am just giving you an example of what makes me happy. __________________ Every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilizations, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every hopeful child, every mother and father, every inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lives here on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. http://obs.nineplanets.org/psc/pbd.html

01-4-2005, 09:40 AM	#17
AZN_Kaibigan07 FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chi-Town! Posts: 28	I dunno, I think true happiness is one of those things that you can feel when you want to feel it. It's something that comes naturally to me. If I want to brighten up my day, I...well, I hate to sound cliché, but I think happy thoughts. I guess I consider myself as an optimistic person and sometimes the littlest thing is capable of putting a smile on my face. But I also feel that happiness is something that you consciously have to experience before you start to feel it. I don't really think you could be unconsciously happy. There has to be something that sparks the happiness inside you to make you feel it in the first place. __________________ Life is a long journey. Realize and recognize... Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Don\'t forget to smile and have fun, aiight? Maraming mahal!

01-4-2005, 02:05 PM	#18
M-A-C FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Where you're not. Your stupid Posts: 430	True happiness for me is waking up on a Saturday morning at 11:00 with nothing to do and no where to go. Then I realize there is 20$ under my pillow. Sweet.

01-21-2005, 10:07 PM	#19
LokiSuku FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yoru basement, under the dryer and right next to the that chair. Posts: 7	Does one honestly know true happiness? Or is it our brains just fooling us into thinking we are happy. In the end, it depends on the person to truely define their happiness. There will never being a true universal definition of "happiness" because everyone is diffrent. For me, being happy is forgetting that I'm sad. __________________

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