The difference between empathy and sympathy and why it's important

[Aegon]

For some of us, no matter how good you are at something or how much you've accomplished it never feels good enough. (The Robin Williams example was appropriate, although I prefer David Foster Wallace). No success can ever fill the void. I've been trying to figure out that void for years. Maybe that's why I say that the secret to happiness is low expectations. Doing creative work can certainly distract you, but you cannot ride that high for very long. I can't. For what it is worth, it seems to me that the worst thing someone prone to depression can do is wonder if they are happy.

Bolded by me.

For sure. The minute I think about my level of happiness I feel my depression creeping back in. The only way to ignore it is just....to be. Enjoy a good breakfast, go out to work, grab a pint with your buddies afterward, watch a TV show you really like, enjoy a good dinner...if I don't try and follow a routine that makes me look forward to things then I become alone with my mind; that isn't a good thing.

Majority of people love free time where they get to do nothing. I don't because I just seem to get depressed with my free time.