Why can't I be normal

[Korra]

I don't understand how everyone else can be so happy all the time. Why am I like this. There is something wrong with me.

[ksquig]

I feel the same way, but I’m learning to accept that anxiety will just be apart of me forever. Everyone has something that they are going through or have gone through. That brings me some comfort.

[Korra in reply to ksquig]

Yeah I know. Sometimes it just feels like spiraling. I'm going crazy.

[Christrev]

Hey Korra,

The place you're in now was the place I was in in 2016 when I was at uni. I would take the train in the morning and I would look around at all the people going to work and couldn't get my head around how they were all so content and happy in life. It is only recently that I have realised the secret to being happy in life which is stop trying to be happy and just be!

Just be present in the moment and do whatever you do, whether that be your job, any extra curriculur activities, watching movies, making food etc. It is in the regular acts of life when we're being present and not locked in our minds that we're content.

There is no specific thing that other people know about that is allowing them to be happy, they're just simply not trying to feel happiness which I know sounds counter intuitive but it really is the truth. You just need to learn to let go and stop critiquing yourself and checking if you're happy or comparing yourself to others.

[pink318]

Hi Korra,

I’m sorry you feel this way. I hope this forum will help you to be encouraged and feel less lonely. I pray that you will not lose hope and will keep going.

Please stay in the forum, we are here for you. You are not alone. God bless.