Is happiness a choice?

This is kinda normie advice, but the real answer is that you have to really go out and try to find something to be happy about. Even if it's something incredibly minor.
I have the same problem with actually finding stuff to live for, but sometimes I just try and appreciate the small things in life, like the food I'm eating or the air I'm breathing.

i'm supposed to listen to a guy that made his degenerate playboy son a co-emperor?

there is a reason i don't like marcus aurelius
his diary isn't any original though, it's the common stoicism stuff, my fav stoic is epictetus, now he was a former slave and he knew his shit

The air I breathe is smokey and feels dirty. I think my home has mold. Food isn't good either. Just frozen crap or sandwiches. All I have is a fridge and a microwave.
I can't even play games since my pc broke. All I do is sleep or work. Can't even afford to live alone.
Is this all I have to look forward to?

>Just frozen crap or sandwiches.
I love frozen food and sandwiches though. Food doesn't have to be some five star shit in order to be tasty :)
Also, you have to find that mold and clean it up user

Yes, absolutely. You must be the master of your mind. It's the only true path to freedom. Be your own master.

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It really is normie advice. When you've looked tirelessly for something to love with no luck, only to grasp at glimpses of it that you can never really grab, while powering through inmense despair, just to fall flat and go not only back to the starting point, but before, you realize that the world is not meant for you. There's a reason your countless efforts fail, and it's not outside of you, but inside. When you truly suck, you can't help it.

Happiness is a chemical reaction in your brain.

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>There's a reason your countless efforts fail, and it's not outside of you, but inside. When you truly suck, you can't help it.
I know this. I, and the many problems in my brain, are the reason I have extreme trouble finding anything to love and the main reason why I want to jump in front of traffic.
That's why I try and enjoy the little things as much as I can. I can't enjoy things with much substance to them anymore, but I can at least make my existence a little more bearable

>Clean the mold.
There's no point. My family doesn't take care of anything. I've tried cleaning they just ruin it again.

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If everyone is happy then nobody is happy. For there to be happy there has to be misery.

Oh, I'm sorry user
Maybe try opening a window or something, so you can get a bit of fresher air

I try to distract myself at this point. It is all just cope anyways. There are many ways to do that, but they're not of substance. They do not make you happy. It's like cough syrup. You may get rid of an annoying cough, but it's just a symptom. You're still sick.

>If everyone is happy then nobody is happy. For there to be happy there has to be misery.
Do you have a single shred of evidence to support this claim?

No,it's not so easy as just choosing to be happy but there are ways to make yourself happy even when you have crippling depression,it will be hard,painful,take a lot of time and luck and soul-searching-like bullshit but it can be done.

It wouldnt work. Just imagine everyone being happy. The world just wouldnt work. People always wanna be happier than others.

>They do not make you happy. It's like cough syrup. You may get rid of an annoying cough, but it's just a symptom. You're still sick.
I like that analogy
But yeah, distractions are key. Anything to escape the shittiness of reality

it depends entirely on how good you are at self-delusion. if you have total mastery of your perception of the world independently of what's actually happening in it, happiness merely has to be chosen.

Unhappiness is an engine for improvement. You are happy with a good result. All you need to do to become happy is to design a problem that you can solve with a good result.

>All you need to do to become happy is to design a problem that you can solve with a good result.
My brain has trouble producing dopamine, I get no pleasure from solving problems. What now?

What are your dopamine levels? Could just do drugs lol

"just be positive bro"-ruler of the fucking Roman Empire at its peak

I haven't gotten them measured (didn't even know I could), and I don't want to do drugs

>can't find any reason to be happy
>just be happy about doing basic things you need to not die
>dude just be happy your surviving at the bare minimum
fuck off norime

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That's not at all what I said, get some fucking reading comprehension

>The world just wouldnt work.
>what is automation

my point is if the only thing you have to be happy about is just breathing your life is pretty fucked the little things don't matter it's a coop at best

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Yeah, that was kind of the point of what I said. If you are at the point where you literally can't find something to be happy anymore like me, then your best bet is to just try and appreciate the small things so your life isn't completely miserable. It's the ultimate cope.

at this point the little things make me even sadder because they remind I'm still alive

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That's why you need to dissociate a bit like me so you don't see the person currently breathing as the same person with such a shitty life

happiness is a psyop

contentment is the closest thing to happiness and even that is nearly impossible to get

I do sometimes I just drift in and out of reality but I can't escape the emptyness I feel inside

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No, but suffering is. This is the final red pill, and the one that all proper religions lead you to.

Yeah, the emptiness always comes back eventually

I wish I could just sleep forever

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Same, it would be so peaceful

>i am not making enough dopamine
>just kidding i was lying about that i don't know why

It's a common symptom of ADHD, I haven't actually gotten a test to measure how much dopamine I produce.

Yeah sure man that makes so much sense!

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Since this sounds like sarcasm, you can look it up. There's plenty of articles about it.

Laugh.
Laugh at nothing.
Force yourself to do it.
Keep it up until you realize how fucking stupid this advice is and actually start laughing at how ridiculous your life has become.
Eventually wind down.
Realize your mood has actually improved.

You lied about dopamine so I'll stop you right there, but if all you have is diagnosed ADHD, clearly the right choice is to take drugs. Seems to me that you're happy the way you are.

I don't understand why you think I'm lying. A lack of dopamine is a common symptom of ADHD, which I am diagnosed as having and am taking medication for, though my current prescription isn't very high.
When you say "drugs" it seemed like you were referring to taking drugs recreationally, I apologize if that's not what you meant

If it's dopamine you just take drugs to increase dopamine. What's the problem homie?

I'm taking adderall to treat it, but it is going to take a while until I can get a prescription that actually treats any of my problems.

You're on the right track. I'd say a positive outlook can be powerful but also controlling the direction you take in life is powerful. I spend most of my time chugging caffeinated beverages, stressing over uni, and losing at Jepoardy! so I feel like crap a lot. I know in my heart I could probably change this by simply cutting out the caffeine and going for runs every day but I don't feel like it. Maybe other people have different circumstances but in my case I have nobody to blame but myself for the fact that I'm not happy.

In other words pick up a hobby that you can become progressively better at and even if you do nothing else you'll feel better because you're "making progress". Doesn't matter if it's actually useful, all that matters is you're moving in the "right direction"

Happiness can be highly based on circumstance

I ingest a lot of caffeine too, it helps me focus.
I wish I could actually get into a hobby. Everything is too hard.

Yes, just take your Joy

Curiously enough I decided to start drawing my own hentai and that actually sparked a love of drawing in me.

I absolutely suck at drawing, I can barely draw a stick figure
If I could draw I'd definitely be drawing some hentai

>Marcus Aurelius
Maybe if you spent your energy on not being a shitty father instead of writing 2deep4me diary entries the Roman Empire would still be around