Cynical view of happiness.

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I'm suicidally depressed. If you're going to tell me I should just choose not to be, then I think you need to do some more research.

You can work towards the states of mind you mention, but you can't flip them like a switch. Sometimes you can't flip them at all.

I would not say such a thing. Depression is an entirely different matter and a therapist should help you work through those issues. All my comments were geared toward people without special circumstances like that (so my opinion hasn't changed).

Everyone's circumstances are different. Every person is different. I think you're making meaningless blanket statements. Everyone can work towards happiness. But you seem to be suggesting there's a subsection of the population that can just choose to be happy as easy as not, because you feel there's nothing stopping them.