Do you ever feel like youre just pretending to be happy?

Question: Do you ever feel like youre just pretending to be happy!?

i feel like no one really understands me!. If im ever feeling down i dont tell anyone about it!. all my friends call me emo so i figure if i start talking about feeling depressed theyre just going to think im emo!. im not emo anyway, its like just because I listen to my chemical romance and fallout boy then suddenly that makes me emo!.!.!. im not!.

like when i go out i dance about with my friends and stuff but its as if we all know that everything is rubbish and we just act like were so happy!.

life sucks

do you know what i mean!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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yes, but did you know that sometimes pretending to be happy actually makes you feel happier!? that even forcing a smile releases happy chemicals in the brain!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

first of all 'emo' is a ridiculous concept devised to label ppl!. s'not cuz you're unhappy that you're emo!. If you feel down, tell people, everyone feels down at one point, you're not abnormal!. By not telling anyone, isnt it as though you're trying to uphold this pretense of happiness!? It's by telling ppl about our unhappiness that we can help ourselves get better!. If people have a hard time understanding, then you try harder!. Being human makes it that we all connect on one level, eventually!. It takes time!. But dont let yourself suffer alone!. Life sucks, but it can also suck less, depending on what you make of it :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I know how you felt but then I read this quote:
Realize that true happiness lies within you!. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside!. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving!. Reach out!. Share!. Smile!. Hug!. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself!.
Og Mandino

Its up to you to find contentment and happiness within yourself!. Life is what you make it- you allow it to suck:!?
What is it that you like doing!? I know for me when I take walks or hangout with my family or friends, I'm more happy!. Try thinking back to when you were the most happy and try recreate it!.

Good luck :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

yeah life does suck, faking happiness just makes it worse!.
for me anyway!.
just try to find things that make you some what happy!.
that should help!.
try to avoid things that make you feel worse
and yeah being called emo is bad, my cousins and my friends call me it all the time!.!.
i hate it
emo people are people who pretend to be depressed to get attention!.!.
people who actually suffer from depression, and try to kill them selves do not try to flaunt it!.!.
well i know how you feel about life sucking and everything!.!.
i have been thinking that for years, but you just got to get over it!.!.
life is seriously to short to just waste it on being sad and mad!.!.
well be happy and avoid by all means fake @$$ emo people!.!.
for your own good!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I know what you mean and here some facts about this life

Life is cruel infinitely sorrowful
For life is a battle
The object of a battle is to win
To win one has to be ruthless

Learn, touch gently, lovingly
Care, then love and linger
And others dislike it
As success come to the ugly ones
Speak about life, love and friendship
The world would be a sad place without such mysteries
And sometimes understanding rob you of joy
Life is like a clay jug, unless we examine and understand it
We cannot enjoy it

But then why should life be fair!?
Man can only do his best
With favor God bestowed upon him
Do not think of tomorrow, enjoy the now
For it might be all that any of us would ever have
Who knows what the future holds!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Every Second Of Every Day,Unless I am With My Grandchildren,Who Truly Bring Out The Joy In Me!.
IF You don't expect much from Life you will not be disappointed,on the other hand,You only Get Back what you Put in!.You are Young,and Have a Whole World Out there,to Explore!.Be Yourself, Treat Each Day as A New Day and Live Your LIFE as you should!.Good Luck, Good Fortune,and God Bless! [ don't wait till your my age to realise what you have missed!.]Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sounds like you are deeper, more thoughtful and sensitive than your friends
at the moment - Yes I can see how life sucks and we get caught in sociological traps - There will be people to meet who are not this 'light- weight' Who don't do the easy tick box classifications!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

idk if there is something wrong with me but i dont get down and when i do i just say to myself "wtf stop being a bitc!.h" and then i just suck it up and im happy again!.!. im not holding it in its just i dont see the point in being not happyWww@QuestionHome@Com

yeah! NO one is really happy all the time!. People can only be happy for a while!. The rest of the time they are either, sad, moody, okay, satisfied, or in peace!.
Take life seriously ONE DAY AT A TIME!

GOD BLESS YOU!Www@QuestionHome@Com

yeah!. but you've got to live for the ones you love!. can't remember where i heard that, but it's a song lyric!. heh!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I know what you mean!. I felt similarly when i was younger!. Well a few years ago, as a teenager!. It's difficult at times to constantly pretend and not express yourself correctly!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Life is good!. It is better if you don't pretend you're happy when you're not!. Whine and moan when you feel like it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Avoid emos with all your energy!.

There is an expression though!.!.!.fake till you make it!. Faking happiness can lead to happiness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The gossiping ficicious b---- around me do and hate it when I am on the top of things!Www@QuestionHome@Com

take a star 2 cheer u up ☆Www@QuestionHome@Com