happiness is too difficult to persuit...

depreession I believe is just a state o mind. If you think about the past too much and the mistakes did to you or mistakes you did to others. You will almost always get depressed. Being optimistic helps dissolve depression. Optismism and false hope is very diffrent but has a thin line between them. If you think about solutions to problems and not the consequnces of the problems you wont get depressed. EX: celebrating chinese new year alone is the consequence if you dont do something about it. Celebrating chinese new year alone but you go out and find your self some company is the solution, so you wont be alone on chinese new year.

Redefine your description of happiness? Maybe your expectations are just too high. Find enjoyment in little things, like maybe get a hobby that you enjoy or spend time with some friends. Maybe finally ask out that guy you like...?

Hi Crazyenglish..I understand how you feel, I was there, after a divorce that I did not see coming, I closed myself off from the world. I got over my unhappiness by taking the focus of myself and volunteering to help other less fortunate. That also opens up opportunities for meeting new friends and gave me a sense of peace and accomplishment. It is hard to come out of a depression alone. There is no quick fix, however once you start taking control, things will change. It is up to you. God bless and I hope you have a wonderful Chinese New Year..

I really feel bad for you and I perfectly understand you, I am alone in an strange country, and I feel very depressed very once in a while, so I can understand perfectly what are you going through, I do would suggest you that try to do some extracurricular activities like goes to the gym, take some kind of class, like dance, another language, cooking, something that occupy your mind in something else. I know many people would try to minimize what you are feeling, but you have to try to do something that you like, something that makes you feel very well.

Hai crazyenglish... never say that u are lonely and unhappy. U know that negative thinking will result in negative thing. If you think that u are unhappy, your mind will focus on that negative thing. And that's not good. It can give you headache all the time. Try to think about happy things, i think u will feel better when you think about positive thing rather than negative thing. When you feel lonely, try to think about God. God is everywhere. He never leaves us alone. Its only us who always forget about Him. Be happy crazyenglish. If you need a friend, i can be your friend. Friendship is one of many sources of happyness.

I can tell you how you can be happy. It's easy-go out! Yeah! Go out and meet with people,talk with them,watch movies,read books,surf in internet. You must make relationships with the people. Go to the market,by something-speak with the salesman/woman. The people makes me happy. Only they

Happiness can hardly be found, most especially if you are forcing it to come to your life. Happiness is a feeling of satisfaction and contentment on what you already have. Do not look for something you know you can never have. You just have to enjoy every moment of the day by not searching for something else. It's true that it's really difficult to be perfectly happy for in the first place, there is no such thing as perfect. We all have something missing in our lives. But that doesn't mean we can no longer be happy because of that. You just have to accept it and learn to live with it. That's life. Do not allow sadness to control over your mind. Try to enjoy things you can do and find happiness on it.

depression is a state of mind and I think it occurs more than happiness. Also rarely a person is happy continuously for a long period of time - it comes in small periods and unexpectedly; and if you feel depressed or unhappy always think of the good, pleasant or happy things/events/persons or films etc you have had or experienced and re-live them - that will bring happiness back. And even if you want to spend the New Year alone you can do it but then enjoy the festival alone & truly believe that you enjoy spending these festivals alone, rather than sulking and wondering that you have no-one to celebrate with. Change your ways of thinking and you will see the difference- though it may be a little difficult at first. WISH YOU ALL THE BEST & BEST WISHES FOR THE COMING NEW YEAR AND MAY THE NEW YEAR BRING YOU ALL HAPPINESS!!

it's really difficult and depressing to live the way you do, crazyenglish. sometimes, you know, you really have to live life that way it should be lived -- go out to the world, be productive, interact and rack some achievements. what you are doing now can lead to more complicated situations... go get some friends, enjoy life with them...