Do you ever just pretend to be happy?

LifeInShadows · Newbie User Joined: Apr 11, 2007 Posts: 3

I have to pretend to be happy most of the time because when I used to show my misery, people (including friends) would just get to the point where they would tell me to shut up. Most people don't want to be around someone who's that miserable, so pretending to be happy is a necessity in my life.

Personally, I'd rather be around other people who are miserable and complaining because I'd have so much more in common with them than annoying, loud-mouthed, airheaded happy morons.... but that's just my take on it all.

Reidus · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject:

I haven't looked happy since 2003. I've been miserable and depressive and I've let it show. I just dont care.

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Pluvia · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject:

I used to. I just can't pretend anymore.

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xkiss_me_nowx · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:50 am Post subject:

all the goddamn time.
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IckyThump · Newbie User Joined: May 21, 2007 Posts: 8

yeah i pretend because i don't want people asking me whats wrong all the time, it just makes me feel worse.

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TheFortuneTeller · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject:

Someone on this thread said "don't be happy for the sake of some one else". That kind of got me thinking just now, I may actually know why I have this uncontrollable urge to smile every time.
When I was in love with my first best friend, that's when I used to smile for real. As a child I used to be happy also. When things sort of went wrong, she told me she wants me to be happy and I promised, and maybe that's why I wear the mask and I've rarely ever taken it off. Then there's another girl I love and the odd thing is I had forgotten about the mask because she made me feel happy and I actually smiled for real. I like it and I want to smile more for real but things are going downhill now I guess.
I got a lot of kids who look up to me and people who I cannot afford to show a depressed face to. I still pretend to be happy and I guess I got no choice.
I also pretend to laugh when something is or is not funny.

But today I got something to think about, I'm going to try and stop being happy but it's going to be hard for me to go against the promise I made. I mean, who the heck cares if I'm happy or sad, so why should I pretend to be happy.

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David26 · Newbie User Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 4

Yeah sometimes because I don't want to change their mood with my problems and at the same time after pretending like that my mood changes. Laughing

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Fighter86 · Intermediate User Joined: May 28, 2005 Posts: 216

Nope, not really. But then, I guess no one really knows that I'm unhappy, they think all is fine and dandy. To be honest, I'm not really unhappy, I just go though the motions day after day after day, not happy or unhappy. But I do think about what I really want out of life quite frequently and it gets me upset and I cry myself to sleep sometimes Sad

I just switch off the lights at night so my family think I'm sleeping and cry myself silently to sleep so no one knows Crying or Very sad

Sylvie · Newbie User Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 3

Yes i do. I do pretend to be happy wheni am very unhappy. I do it just not to show show others that i am unhappy because many people are happy to know that you are unhappy and other peopel are happy when they know that you are happy.