Happy...

Dr.Mah,
[Random post?: Hell yes 10]
The following information has not been conducted with an actual test, but if you look around, it's just obvious.

Despite the optimistic title, happy is an emotion I'm far from. Lately I've been sleeping alot, which for some odd reason, puts me in the worse mood I've ever been. I easily snap at people and I really cant tell you why. There's just so much in my head right now. See that’s the thing about summer. Too much free time. I need the stress, I need to be busy, I need not think of my life, but of my marks. I'm listening to songs I've listen from past summers, and well, it's probably a stupid idea, considering the fact that since 2004, I have not once had a good summer.

Everybody always makes plans for summer, optimistic ones, happy ones, but could never go through with them. Why go through such meaningless planning I wonder. I think summer is the most depressing time of the whole year. The sun is out, kids are all at home, summer jobs are stressful, it's too hot for our own goods because of global warming, and people go around pretending their happy.

Pretending? how is that. well.. nobody wants to be around a depressed douche, am I right?

If we look at our lives right now, rate from 1 - 10 on the Happy scale, 10 being the highest, 1 being the lowest. The common number would be 5 of course. 1st University students and grade 12 students may be more or less around 3,4, and probably only students from grade 1-5 are in the 9-10 range. So in this scale that I made..how can I rate it..well

1-2 : Depressed, Brand new depressed, "Ignore the sun" depressed
A stage in which I would indicate as Lisa Simpson Syndrome. A person that is sad for no reason. Or sad because of abusive parents, break ups, fights with friends, dead (excuse me for being blunt) relatives. Basically this group is for people who are depressed but still have a will to live, still a spark in their soul that would like to continue playing this game they call life. A stage in which there is no spec. age group, but I would think grade 10's and 11's would believe they are in.

3-4: Stressed, EMO
This is not really a unhappy stage, but a stage in which people are just too busy to feel happy. This is also a stage where people would cry for help. Make their sadness and sorrow really public. This is also a stage for bitchy emo kids who THINKS they have it bad. A stage where people would be sad just for attention. this is kind of a fake sad I guess. Because there's a difference between made up depression and true depression. Being truly depressed is to think the world doesn’t care about you, and thus, you wont care to tell the world your problems. To stay in bed, just because you don’t find a point in leaving it. As mentioned before, University students and grade 12's would go through this harsh stage.

5-6: Neutral
You have good days, and bad days. Life is good, so smile. Grade 7-8 should feel this, but now a days, kids are getting fairly emotional at an early stage so it's hard to tell. To each their own I suppose

7-8: Life is good
I've had this discussion with a friend of mine in the past. And we both agreed that the best feeling in this world would be that of a crush. Having a crush and thinking that ou have a chance is the single best feeling in the world. Add that with a perfect you've received on your last calculus test. This is when life is good, this is the stage where food taste better, where the sun seems to shine only for you. A happy stage in which most people would feel during fall. Age: everyone can feel this

9-10: Happy
This is what I define as true happiness. To be, not care free, but easy going. To love the world for what it is. This stage depends on the stage in mind. Things can go terribly wrong, but a person in this stage will always look towards the bright side. From all my friends, I only know one person who's like this and it's Derek (F4 RULES). I admire anyone who can be in such a happy stage, admire and envy at the same time. To feel such joy is just impossible for a wreck such as I.

So what makes a person happy. Hell, if I knew would I be up at 3am making a post such as this? It's all in how we think, but do chemicals really have something to do with it. Can our emotions be from within or from the brain. It turns out that if you have a tumor in your brain, then chances of your mood changes would be quite high. As well, if your frontal lobe is damaged, then your whole personality in general can change.

So are we born to be like this? Are we genetically programmed to be sad, happy or made? Depression is genetics after all, it can be passed down from generation to generation (bad choice of words I know). Can music really influence us, our diet, and the people around us...can it really influence our mood so much?

For now, let's pretend that emotion isn't controlled by the brain. But by what's in. That would be that no matter how tired you are, whatever diet you're having or whoever's genes you have. Can one say that they are truly 100% happy?

So what makes us happy...
Friends?
Money?
A girl/boy friend?
Health?
Good Marks?
Good looks?
Popularity?
Power?

Well, lets see each option. Friends, if you dont have any then you cant really be happy. So yes friends make a person happy. Money doesn't buy happiness, but can you be happy poor? So check, money brings joy to a person's life. A girl/boy friend.. to each their own in this one. But if you're an overdramatic grade 9-12, then the thought of being single is just dreadful, so in some cases, having a boy/girl friend would be consider a factor towards their happiness. Good Marks...well who wants to fail to be fair. The rest is somewhat trivial in a sense. So Friends, Money, Health, good marks, and a sign. other makes people happy.... fair enough.

It seems easy to be happy, but what's amazing, is that it seems easier to be sad

What makes us sad?

Bad marks
No money
Broken hearts
Broken limps
Relatives that have passed away
No friends
No one who cares
War
Missing the bus
Not getting what you want on your birthday
crashing the car
bad looks
Sad music
paper cuts
trips and falls
Rape
Murder
Abortions
Dry spells
rashes
STDs
Aids
Cancer
Tumors
Wilson's diease
Metabolic disorders....
people using you like an old toy..
.... Need I say more?

I guess this post is the most random of them all. But I hope the message is somewhat clear. Happiness doesnt come that often, so if it comes once in a while, stop complaining about your life and embrace it for once. Fine a person being happy isnt common, but if you embrace every last second of it, then the memory of being happy is good enough. Honestly, it's the only thing that keeps me sane.