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5 Reasons It’s So Difficult To Be Happy
Constant Happiness Is A Lie
Today we’re going to talk about the reasons it’s so difficult to be happy nowadays. I’ve been very candid in this blog about my struggles with mental health. While I think that I may have more mental health issues than some, I know that I’m certainly not the only sufferer either in the UK or worldwide. Is depression more prevalent now, or do we simply have the means to talk about it when we didn’t before? I suspect it may be both of these things.
After a lot of soul-searching, navel-gazing, and general agonising over why I can’t just be happy, I thought I would share a few of the conclusions I’ve come up with. I’ll be very interested to know if you agree or not and also if there’s anything you feel I’ve missed.
1) Messed Up Brain Chemistry
Depression is a physical illness caused by imbalances in our brain chemistry. Depression may start as a reaction to a particular event but not always. Even when it does, it may still progress to clinical depression later. Antidepressants help regulate the chemistry a little, but in my case, at least it certainly has not cured it. If I can never affect my chemistry permanently for the better, how can I feel happy?
