Habe you ever felt like REALLY happy

[FoxSauce]

People with bpd have yeah is common to feel empty , sadness and anger on an extreme scale but have you ever felt really happy. Idk I havent heard about people being happy happy unless is in a manic state in bipolar.

If this sounds offensive in any way is not intended to be so.

Like for example Inwas talking to my coworker about the fnaf movie and judt got like excited and really happy , wored I guess. Mind going at 70 miles per hours and rapid breathing and rapid movements while working. To the point my coworker asked me if I was ok. Lasted for like maybe an hour or so Is not the first time this happens and talked about it with my dbt doctor but curious if anyone felt this way.

 

[NutOrat]

I get both the fanatical, restless type of happiness, and sometimes just very short, fleeting moments of (I think) genuine happiness, but not manic in any way I don't think. It's weird, I know I'm depressed, but I'm capable of having very happy moments, laugh out loud, feel deep satisfaction, but only rarely and temporarily. I'm very confused.

 

[Mothz]

I only ever feel "happy" when I am manic. Like, for example, I'll flip from feeling like i am on top of the world. Perfect and nothing is wrong with me, even feeling better than others mentally, although this happiness also feels empty in a way; then I will flip to feeling worthless in every way imaginable with seemingly no cause.

 

[FoxSauce]

I only ever feel "happy" when I am manic. Like, for example, I'll flip from feeling like i am on top of the world. Perfect and nothing is wrong with me, even feeling better than others mentally, although this happiness also feels empty in a way; then I will flip to feeling worthless in every way imaginable with seemingly no cause.

Im sorry to ask and thats ok if ya rather not specify but you have bpd or bipolar?

Ik is super personal but curious.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I don't have bpd (that I'm aware of,) but yes. Very, very occassionally, I have felt very happy. Once was having a meal with my God parents. College was going ok. It was a lovely, friendly restaurant. A lovely meal but most of all was this huge feeling of gratitude that they were in my life. That I loved them and, they loved me. The other few times were times spent with my Dad or best friend. Mostly, it's been via a feeling of love though. Which is kind of stupid seeing as I choose to isolate so much now.

 

[Proceed]

Yes. I've made my life as easy as possible.

 

[Pluto]

 

[thankyouforthis]

Every time I've fallen in love. And when various children in my family were born (not mine; I would never!).

I get both the fanatical, restless type of happiness, and sometimes just very short, fleeting moments of (I think) genuine happiness, but not manic in any way I don't think. It's weird, I know I'm depressed, but I'm capable of having very happy moments, laugh out loud, feel deep satisfaction, but only rarely and temporarily. I'm very confused.

I'm no expert, but I don't think being depressed means you're incapable of happiness. I think it's just rarer/harder to feel that way if you're depressed. The experience is possible, but less common, maybe, in your life.

 

[woofwag]

I guess so. It never lasts. But I also have BPD and get those extreme euphoria shifts from time to time. Not really anymore.

I think the last time I was really happy was when I was in the arms of the person I was deeply, painfully in love with. But even then, that kind of love was tearing me apart. I still love them. But not in the way where I would get that kind of euphoria out of holding them again. And honestly, I think that's for the best. It seems that even my euphoria is destructive towards me and other people