E: But I like my grumpy persona

fairly often, I think that is because I live in a pretty much no hassle housing scheme; 26 flats, we pretty much are all getting on , so we are "all 'getting on!" I also have a wonderful partner who lives above me and is sweet and kind and we share chores and look after each other - Yes I may moan at times but life is good.

I suffer depression but nothing can change that but I'm fairly happy.

Oh, you make it easy: E
When my blood sugar is where it is supposed to be (how did that happen?)
When I realize I did not take any painkillers for the last three days
When I see a fellow gardener and she says :come on over in May and I'll give as many Dahlia tubers as you want."
When I have dreams about the past.
When I listen to the blues..

E. Some folks say that I am too happy. I have all that I need for my happiness and enjoy life on my own terms.

I'm not unhappy. I like homeostasis, being on an even keel. I'm not in the heights, but not down in the dumps. Its a comfy place. I know for every height of happiness I will descend below the line, so lets just avoid the drama and be comfy.

I'm not sure I know what happiness is anymore. All work, no play. I only know when I'm accomplishing something.

Very often.

B. But I honestly never really think about it. I'm a kind of person who is neutral I guess. It's weird.

Not happy, not sad, but I am drunk! That counts for something!

I don’t feel all that happy. But if you tell me to go to church to find happiness, I’m gonna get even more unhappy.

E. The blues get me from time to time but I'm accused of being a relentless optimist often enough that I suspect I'm happier than most.

E

Pretty much any time I am not listening to the news!

Both of my parents died last year which is not a happy thing but overall I have a happy life. My family, my work and my leisure activities all combine to give me a happy life.

E

C. I feel at times like I want to move into another dimension.

Does content with bouts of happy count?
I think I wabble between D and E depending on what's going on. I'm generally one of those that believes stuff is going to happen so no use being unhappy about it. Learn to deal with it rather than curse it when it happens. However I do get terribly unhappy with certain people in my life who don't seem to be happy unless they are in the middle of making things more difficult than they have to be. Every once in a while I go through a little spell of unhappy for that reason. It tends not to last that long though.

A

@ThomssLevi And what about you?

E) with myself, my choices, my preferences, my solitude. The only cloud is encroaching back problems from playing professional softball when it was only a company league. It's what @witchymom said. It's in the background, but always there.

B. Very rarely. But I have severe depression, so...

E, but I like to avoid doing or saying anything that will detract from my nasty old man GET OFF MY LAWN image.

I am now..just finished my coffeeeeee!

Fairly often. Most of the time, really. Happiness is a choice, and a journey. I choose to be happy, and I work at it, therefore I am happy most of the time. I have depression/anxiety, and on my bad brain days I don't feel happy - but I AM still happy, I just can't access it. I know it's there, and I know depression lies, and I get through and then I'm happy again. It's not about your circumstances, it's about what you do w/ them.