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Posted by CygnusX1 on March 18, 2002, at 17:06:06
Time to break out those dusty Freud books. This has been with me for a long time. I always wondered if it could be traced to OCD or some undercurrent of suppressed emotion.
Whenever I see someone extremely happy due to an event like engagement, promotion, or having a baby I just want to verbally ( not physically ) assault them.
A woman at my work was asked to be married over the weekend and she said yes. Now that's good as far as it goes, but through the entire day everytime I walked past her that's all I heard her talking about. I just wanted to say something vile. Like "Don't fool yourself, he's in it for the money" ( She comes from wealth )
Envy is not a fitting term. For many situations it wouldn't even make sense.
Egotistical perhaps. Maybe I find fault in people thinking that happiness can even be thought of without my presence or input.
I glide through the day very melancholy. Perhaps the slighest drift towards positive or negative disrupts my "space" or "zone".
Maybe I should rethink getting off of Luvox. =)
Posted by sleepingbeauty on March 18, 2002, at 18:31:24
In reply to Hatred for happiness. OCD?, posted by CygnusX1 on March 18, 2002, at 17:06:06
Wow, I can relate to this somewhat. Depending on my *mood* (they tend to be sooooooo up & down all the time), sometimes if someone catches me in one of my *mean* moods, I just want to tell them to shut the hell up that I'm sick of hearing about his/her problems.I suppose that comes from trying to keep things to myself. I feel no need to try and burden others with my problems when their problems seem so MUCH greater, etc. Hmmmm, aren't those kind of people called *blood suckers aka leeches*.
I feel pretty melancholy the greater part of the day as well. Interesting that we both feel that need to not have things interfere with our "zone". I KNOW I have OCD, I can't stand change, I adore a routine and IF things aren't that way, I pretty much become "Sybil", irritable, agitated, angry, etc....
Apparently it's time for me to get some rest, I am getting cranky just typing this now, geesh!
~just thought I'd let you know you're not alone~sleepingbeauty who TRIES to be nice, really!!!
> Time to break out those dusty Freud books. This has been with me for a long time. I always wondered if it could be traced to OCD or some undercurrent of suppressed emotion.
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> Whenever I see someone extremely happy due to an event like engagement, promotion, or having a baby I just want to verbally ( not physically ) assault them.
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> A woman at my work was asked to be married over the weekend and she said yes. Now that's good as far as it goes, but through the entire day everytime I walked past her that's all I heard her talking about. I just wanted to say something vile. Like "Don't fool yourself, he's in it for the money" ( She comes from wealth )
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> Envy is not a fitting term. For many situations it wouldn't even make sense.
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> Egotistical perhaps. Maybe I find fault in people thinking that happiness can even be thought of without my presence or input.
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> I glide through the day very melancholy. Perhaps the slighest drift towards positive or negative disrupts my "space" or "zone".
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> Maybe I should rethink getting off of Luvox. =)
Posted by sid on March 18, 2002, at 19:14:21
In reply to Hatred for happiness. OCD?, posted by CygnusX1 on March 18, 2002, at 17:06:06
Could it be because you are not happy and would like to be? Because no great events happen in your life (marriage, birth, etc.)?
I felt like that for a long time. Took very very long to detach from others' happiness and concentrate on my own. Took a very long time to believe that good things could happen to me too. So I can relate. I used to say: "Happy people make me sh**," in a sarcastic tone. I was very sarcastic for the longest time. I've changed over the years, with CBT and more recently with meds.
Now I know it's possible to be happy and I'm happy for others whose life is filled with happy events.
Anyway. If you're anything like me, your own suffering may be what makes you hate happiness. If that's the case, then I hope you surpass that some day and you start enjoying your own happiness.
- sid
Posted by Bill L on March 21, 2002, at 8:31:37
In reply to Hatred for happiness. OCD?, posted by CygnusX1 on March 18, 2002, at 17:06:06
I don't think you need a Freud book. I think you need a medication change, or at least a dosage change. The way you are feeling is a classic sign of depression.
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