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Originally Posted by TishaBuv
Clinical depression is a real medical condition.
You are not happy because you are thinking thoughts that make you unhappy. But, why is this happening? You may have depression or you may be unhappy with your situation.
Depression is anger turned inward.
Sometimes, we just can't help ourselves and stay in an unhappy rut. Like me.  |
This is why I don't believe that happiness comes within at all.
Humans need external stimulation. We need things like food, shelter, the touch of another person, ETC.
Most of us also need some type of goal and purpose in life; our creativity and intellect is what separates us from the animals.
Deny somebody food and a place to live, take away the people that love them, and deny them the opportunity to do what they enjoy and you deny them any chance to be happy.
In fact, one could argue that depression is created by going without one or more of those things for a prolonged period of time. Of course, I'm no professional but I think that my hypothesis makes as good of sense as any.
So yeah, we humans are nothing without external influences.