Ok, so I'm just curious, are you happy with your life right now? Not yesterday or next week, but right now this minute? I am so don't worry or anything, lol. I'm just curious how many people feel the same way. It's funny because I think sometimes we have fleeting moments of happiness and we need to really enjoy and bathe in them before they leave us. The amount of time that I've been truly happy since transition has really surprised me. I never thought that happiness was something that ran so deep.

I think I thought that maybe the right material possessions would make me happy, or things like that. THINGS rather than internal happiness, and I think that is probably how many of us go through life for quite a while. Does anyone else feel that or agree/disagree with that? Meghan

I guess I should have clarified the two vote thing. I just figured we might wanted to come back at a later date and post a new outlook

I chose both answers o..o

In every aspect of my life except a romantic relationship I am quite happy.  In terms of a relationship, right now there is none~

Not exactly unhappy, but my happiness is work in progress at the moment, so I voted no.

~Simone.

Yup, for all my whining here, I'm actually very happy in a deep, quiet sense... not necessarily jumping up and down screaming "yay!" over and over, but in an "inner peace" sorta way.

OK, I do the "yay" thing now and then too

That doesn't mean I'm not annoyed and worried and unhappy about dozens of things right now, but they're all just PART of my life, this struggle, enriching it and making me appreciate it MORE, oddly enough...

~Kate~

i said no, because at this moment I am building the effort to get stuff done.

I voted YES... a deep, deep, deep feeling of happiness and contentment with who I am and who I'm becoming.

QuoteI think I thought that maybe the right material possessions would make me happy, or things like that. THINGS rather than internal happiness, and I think that is probably how many of us go through life for quite a while. Does anyone else feel that or agree/disagree with that? Meghan

Actually I did not realize how unhappy I was before but it was just the life I knew. It was not like I hated my life or was
depressed but I rarely laughed, I can't remember the last time I "had a good time" doing something. I was just there... counting
the days until I died it seems. One emotion, day after day. Now it's like I can't wait to get to the next day to see what
joy it will bring. I know things are going to get tougher, and there may be some or a lot of pain, but I'm feeling like
I'm living my life now.

And yes... material things... been there, done that... but it was not HAVING the things that I craved.... I realized
just recently that I had to be busy doing something all the time... I think it was a way of coping... by being busy I was able
to keep my mind off GID. So the material things gave me things to do and in the process allowed me to forget about GID.

Great topic Meghan

Amanda

No - for a million and one reasons. This past year and half has been the lowest I've ever been.
I've lost everything and nearly everyone. If they're not in the ground, they want nothing to do with me.
I've lost my health. I'm in a horrible financial state. Can't transition until my health improves. I'm slowly clawing my way up the side of this deep pit I fell into, but I'll make it out.

Sorry to gloom up your thread, hon. But you asked.

I chose "happy."

Things aren't exactly wonderful by any means, but things are looking up for the future, which makes my life now a lot better. Every aspect of my life shows progress toward where I want to be, even though I'm definitely not there yet.

Quote from: Nero on April 22, 2008, 11:55:08 AM
Sorry to gloom up your thread, hon. But you asked.

Nero, that's what I like about you, you just tell it like it is and that is a pretty rare quality. I know you've had a rough one and then health issues on top of it, but hang in there like the tough person you are  Meghan

Interesting question Meghan and I am not sure I can answer a simple yes or no to it.


On the positive side - I am starting to find that inner peace. I had another conselling session yesterday and we talk about being happy now - not being happy when.......  I have at last articulated what bothers me the most about what I hated about myself over these years - having a split personality and trying to hide one of those selves. I now feel like I am on the way to healing those two sides of myself so I be a single person and I am feeling relaxed about that now.

On the negitive side there is so much to do in the way of transition, I am still not completly over my recent sickness, My riding had to stop in the last few weeks and I am writing this from work.

I will wait till I get home and hopfully give you a positive response.

Alice 

I'm very content with my life now.  Not sure about happy or sad, content is so different that I've just been dealing with that.

I'm very happy. I didn't know how unhappy I was until I started transition. All I ever wanted to do was sleep and now I bounce out of bed in the morning looking forward to the day. Even though none of my family is happy with me and especially my wife who is enraged at me and I think will leave me, still I'm very happy.
Sheena

Yes, yes, yes!!!

tink

I'm very happy with my life now. I have been very happy since the day I woke up in the room after my surgery. I have had down days but they go away and in the sense of my life, everyday is a happy day. People only give me grief for a fleeting moment then I'm back on track again. I'm really happy now as I'm off work and I just had dinner and I have a cup of tea sitting next to me. What more can a girl ask for, well maybe a margarita??
Sheila

I voted Yes.

The last 18 months have its moments of happiness and deep despair.  There have been times of smooth sailing and times where the seas threatened to sink me.  Nevertheless, at no time did I ever consider that I was on the wrong path.

Overall, I am happy.

Chaunte

I voted no for various reasons..

I voted YES,becouse at this moment in my life i am happy

i couldn't be happier

Happy as can be!!