This is the sweetest thing ever and so true. Nothing cheers you up like wanting to make someone you love happy. I've had multiple sad events where immediately focusing on the people around me lifts my spirits/makes me forget the bad.
Nothing makes a soul happier than helping other people.
I had a friend who was this super extroverted, goofy, and friendly guy who always had a smile on his face and never wanted to burden anyone with his problems but rather solve other people's problems. He ended up committing suicide a few years back which no one saw coming. But, in retrospect, I understood why he did it. I'm also the extroverted, goofy, friendly type who would rather solve other people's problems than burden them with my own. I think it also has to do with people thinking we're happy all the time when we're not so no one ever asks us what's wrong. I often notice groups will invite the shy introverted people to social gatherings as a way to include them but many times the extroverted people are overlooked because they don't think they really need that sort of attention. Ironically, most the introverted people I know hate those social gathering whereas the extroverted people feed off of them.
cmc on July 5th, 2017 at 14:24 UTC »
This is the sweetest thing ever and so true. Nothing cheers you up like wanting to make someone you love happy. I've had multiple sad events where immediately focusing on the people around me lifts my spirits/makes me forget the bad.
Nothing makes a soul happier than helping other people.
deakers on July 5th, 2017 at 14:42 UTC »
This also works with waffles.
Pancakes are more effective at increasing happiness levels if they're in fun shapes, like Mickey Mouse, cacti, or animals. It's science
JAT621 on July 5th, 2017 at 15:23 UTC »
I had a friend who was this super extroverted, goofy, and friendly guy who always had a smile on his face and never wanted to burden anyone with his problems but rather solve other people's problems. He ended up committing suicide a few years back which no one saw coming. But, in retrospect, I understood why he did it. I'm also the extroverted, goofy, friendly type who would rather solve other people's problems than burden them with my own. I think it also has to do with people thinking we're happy all the time when we're not so no one ever asks us what's wrong. I often notice groups will invite the shy introverted people to social gatherings as a way to include them but many times the extroverted people are overlooked because they don't think they really need that sort of attention. Ironically, most the introverted people I know hate those social gathering whereas the extroverted people feed off of them.