Why positive emotions are everything (brief statement)

If a person loses his voice, he can no longer sing. If a person loses his legs, he can no longer walk. If a person loses his sight and hearing, he can no longer see and hear. Likewise, when a person loses his happy emotions due to clinical depression or any other factor, he can no longer love, have joy, or value anything in his life as beautiful, good, amazing, awesome, magnificent, etc.

My point is, loving someone, having joy, and valuing things in our lives is something that can be taken away from us and isn't something we can have all we want. Since happy emotions (a.k.a. positive emotions/pleasant emotions) are very fleeting things, then that makes the situation all the more worse.

Positive emotions are the only things that can make life and any artistic endeavor good, beautiful, and worth living for. Nothing can convince me otherwise. The only thing that will convince me would be a new personal experience that brings my life beauty, worth, and joy besides my positive emotions. So far, I haven't had such an experience. Not even in one single, given, brief moment of my entire life.

Post Edited (SuperMarioGamer) : 12/7/2018 9:10:55 AM (GMT-7)

SMG

I wish with all my heart, that you would use the energy kept to continuously post the same belief; and transfer that energy into; at the very list trying mindfulness and self compassion.

As I have told you before and it is in my signature, I have major depressive disorder. I have an imbalance in my brain. I will be on meds the rest of my life. However, I have learned to find happiness and joy, acceptance for my down days knowing they will pass.

You my dear friend are stuck in a rut. If you would only listen as you read others posts and take in the knowledge they give, you may find an answer. Not everything works for everyone, but I am sure you will find something that will help.

Remember to leave argumentative statement out of this thread.

Peace
Trina

I agree with you SMG.
The joy of life can disappear when depression, or some other calamity takes hold.

And I agree that endless joy is a difficult thing to have.
These happy emotions can be fleeting, made all the more difficult by dire circumstance.

I think what people want to say is that even with the most dreadful conditions and situations, it is still possible to find joy and to be joyous.
It seems impossible, yet it happens.

I get where SMG is coming from. Have you ever been in a depression so profound you literally couldn't enjoy anything? Intellectually you might know it's a nice day and the sun is shining, but emotionally you might as well be dead.

I mean, it is the grimmest state of mind imaginable, but it's not like you can just snap out of it with the right words. I have been in that state recently. It lasted for months and months and I know full well I could go back into it at any time. I don't even have medication as a fallback, since medication doesn't do a thing for me.

So in a sense SMG is right. But unlike him, happiness being fleeting doesn't bother me - by its nature it's temporary. (Anything happiness-inducing, e.g. a piece of music, an evening with friends, has to come to an end.) I don't want to be happy: I just want to be free of depression, regrets and pain. That to me *is* happiness, but not the kind where you're having a really good time.

Post Edited (NiceCupOfTea) : 12/6/2018 5:44:29 PM (GMT-7)

Don't forget we do have some control over our emotions. It isn't always easy though. For me, I have to try... I have to do good things that make me feel good. I get gratification out of doing things for others. Feeding the birds and watching them. Taking my dog outside. Playing with her. It doesn't just happen, I have to make it happen. I hope that this helps in some small way...

There is the word...new. a new experience..

And being proactive about finding happiness...is the most important part...otherwise ya just chasing ya tail.

Changing ones perception helps also. HT.

👍😀🐢 nicely said hedgie. HT

SMG

When we have depression, you have to work to rise above it.

We all have dark times, but they pass.

Skills such as, OTC, DBT, mindfulness, meditation, art, music, doing something you have always wanted to but haven't. All help.
Self-compassion is a a skill that when work seriously can change your out look with in 4-6 months. I know I still work that daily. Depression is a daily battle, so we have to CHANGE our outlook SMG.

get it?
Peace
Trina

When we free ourselves from suffering (our own) when then can achieve happiness.
Can...meaning going through a process of change: ........development in self awareness and gaining a mindful life. HT.