I lead a very nice, comfortable life. I wouldn’t change hardly anything. But I suffer from depression, always have and yes, I do therapy and meds. I’m waiting for this to be over.

Anxiety, autism, depression, overweight, friends only exist online, too socially anxious to make friends locally, work an ok job that maybe could afford a studio apartment, gf lives on the other side of the country, never moved out of my parents house, most likely have added a small bit of separation anxiety to the mix…

Probably like a 4/10

My life’s pretty much 9-10/10, and the things I’m unhappy about are both small all things considered and also mostly in my hands (and any changes haven’t been made because I’m lazy and unfocused but still a future possibility). Most of the things I’m grateful for I’ve gotten completely for free, not thanks to any personal effort, like my upper middle class upbringing, my slightly cuckoo but very loving mom, my curious disposition, my depth and speed of thought, my empathy and prosociality (despite being such a proud and, at times, reclusive person), meeting my now-wife in the unlikeliest of places, renewing my faith in God… I’ve been given a lot, it’s hard to be ungrateful (but I still manage sometimes, lol). 🙏👍

I’d say 8/10.

No real issues honestly, just chilling after graduating high school and soon getting into uni. Been eating a lot better too, since I’ve got a ton of time to experiment with easy and dirt cheap breakfasts mainly which are barely processed. Ive also been able to experiment with my massive fixation on technology, although I don’t have many more computers I can experiment with unless I quietly snatch a surface pro 4 from the storage room or smth.

What bugs me however, is how family members don’t really care when dozens of noises are occurring at once, like my dad with the tv on while also watching tiktoks, and that it seems nobody else but I get stressed and overstimulated from it. Due to this (and dozens of other things), I’ve suspected I’m autistic for like a year now, and I’ve been going good with cataloguing the reasons and doing official tests on it.

-10

3 or 4. Used to be around 1 last year.

There was a wave of bad events and bad decisions screwed up my life and career. I see some signs of improvement but not enough to say it has passed.

Can elaborate if anyone is interested

Less than I should be. I’m honestly blessed. I won the generic and familial lottery. I’m tall, and despite being pretty lazy, in fairly good shape. While not super loaded, my family is solid upper middle class. Like I didn’t go to a private school, but if I’m hurting they will usually bail me out. I inherited property after graduating college. I have a fairly successful, if not inconsistent, business.

But I’m still sad most days. That might be because of the current US administration’s bullshit.

Objectively, I’m a solid 9/10. But I feel like 5/6 on most days in terms of happiness.

7/10. Good job, good family. Just frustrating that it took a lot of stress and worry to get here, especially financially. Finally doing well but all of that is tempered by saving as much as possible due to basically having been poor up until about a decade ago, so even though we’re doing ok it’s kinda hard to enjoy because all of it goes to catching up for not having money for so long. Really sobering to understand that most people will never have the chance to “catch up.”

4/10 - I am lucky to have the things I have, but my motivation is nonexistent, everything feels pointless and empty and I only watch as the world decays more day by day. Our next generation probably has either a nuclear end or an AI dystopia to inherit.

I’d like a refund.

I’m pretty unhappy ngl. Shitty job, late '20s, never kissed a girl, can’t drive a car, and I still live with my parents. I’m one again working on self-improvement. I’m learning to forgive myself for past mistakes and failures. I’m told I’m overly critical of my self. I didn’t think I deserved to love myself for most of my life. It’s something i’m working on. I’m getting better in that regard. I don’t know where to go from there.

Remeber folks, happiness is a journey, not a destination.

8/10 Many of the things I’ve wanted to do I’ve gotten to do. I have two sweet kids, though they’re more exhausting than I pictured. I’ve had jobs I’ve enjoyed and even make a little bit of money while I work towards my dream job of being a comedian. I have a girlfriend who loves me despite my chaotic life.

Right now, things are actually looking up! Got a new job that’s pretty interesting, possibly a new partner pretty soon, and a new band that’s coming together pretty well! I’m diggin’ it, 8/10!

my life is pretty great. I love it.

What i don’t love, however, is inviting people into my life only for them to tell me how crappy it is because it’s not the life they want. I don’t really socialize anymore because I am so sick of people telling me how wrong my life is because I don’t enjoy what they enjoy or want what they want. fore example, i drive a 10 year old hatchback, and almost everyone new I meet, when they learn this, lectures me no how I should drive a ‘better’ car, and it should be a BMW SUV or something like that, and all it is them projecting their desires onto me. and if i dare say something like ‘I’m good with what I have’ I get a lecture about how I must be mentally ill or stupid. How could I possible be happy with my ‘crap’ car? my job, my home, my dog, etc.

I used to have lots of friends, but the past 5-10 years it’s dwindled to like 3 people. Because I shut people like this out of my life once they start talking to me like this. And it’s prevented me from making any new friends. I am so SICK of inviting people over to my place only to get this full on lecture about how ‘offended’ they are I don’t live in a million dollar luxury apartment, because my place is ‘shithole’ if it doesn’t have $5000 luxury appliances or something stupid like that.

I keep trying to meet new people, keep trying to date, etc, but this is the massive roadblock I keep running into. I am so sick of it and it makes me unhappy, so I basically don’t socialize much anymore. Because I like being happy and not interacting with twats who think I need a therapist if my salary isn’t 500K.