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Originally Posted by ArcheM
It's really hard to think of something that doesn't also carry with it anxiety or sadness. One thing that comes to mind is singing along with my favorite songs - if that's not happy, at least it's relaxing and liberating. Although for some reason I've been doing less of that recently, and feeling little urge to.
I also really enjoy it when my cat cuddles up to me in the morning. But most of the time she's an indeciferable whiny *****, excuse my French.
Also I don't know if it fits "happy" but I always look forward to stretching while watching Netflix before bed. Although I'm trying to move this to after I wake up because I feel that it's not doing my sleep much good and I want more to look forward to getting up.
I don't know, it's all kind of unconvincing. (Not to mention, not job material.) Anything productive comes with anxiety, feeling inadequate, sadness or even anger. And I'm not even sure if there's a grain of happiness there at all, or it's just obsessiveness and hopeless, fading ambition.
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Music is a great "release valve". Whether you are singing to it, listening to it, or playing it - it has a calming effect on a person. I love playing violin but I got out of it for many years due to one of my abuse situations and now that I want to get back into it, I am having a bit of a time breaking my old habits to reincorporate it - but I still love it. If you love singing to songs (even if you have lost most of the urge to actually sing currently), play music on the radio or in the background on the internet while you are online. It may help your spirits a bit.
What kind of music do you enjoy?
I have 3 dogs .. they are like my babies. One is an Australian Shepherd and the other two are Chihuahuas. What kind of cats do you have? I have had many cats over the years too ... one actually let me rest my head on its belly n would purr when I did - it was like a lullabye.
Question: why are you hard on yourself? I only asked what makes you happy at this moment in life - you told me that - but then said it was not productive ... Being happy allows a person to become productive, and I don't think relaxation is inherently "bad" - is it?