Thanks
I am student and big advocate of self-care and mental health.
But, I'm not mad - i'm just tired of seeing them and used against us by us.
I don't understand how someone who loves their community and wants to uplift them -- thinks using and encouraging their usage is cool. It's history attached to a few of them and shouldn't just be said just to be said. The two that do, one I don't support the usage of -- and the other needs to be used correctly.
Long post, my bad. But it's also a major interest of mine as well and something I have plenty of experience with.
I completely understand the frustration. I know I've been there before. As someone who's older and who's let a lot of shyt bring him down in the past, it's just not worth being mad over. Nothing is. Especially because mass majority of the world is out of our control. End of the day, people will people. My world absolutely changed when I realized this. I'm even practicing this right now reading the bs tweets.
The way I see it, happiness doesn't exist in anything except yourself. For example, if an elevator breaks some may see it as a chore that they'll have to climb the stairs, while another one may look at is as some exercise. Some people may hate the rain, but I know plenty of us folks here in California loved it when it rained this season. So the rain itself doesn't contain happiness/sadness, neither did those stairs, it's what we think of the rain and stairs that gives it it's context.
People may think it sucks when work/studying gets hard, while others see it that they're growing and anything worth devoting time into is a positive thing.
Whatever the obstacle is, it's not an obstacle but a chance for growth in some way. You approach it like that, and it makes things easier. "The obstacle is simply the way."
You may get frustrated seeing those words get thrown around by other people, but you can be proud of yourself for exercising happiness by not letting it bother you.
At the end of the day it's all in our heads, all of it. I know someone who bought a house and felt great, because they didn't have the stress of trying to find a house and felt relaxed after a little while. Until they realized they wanted to buy a swimming pool, and there they were back to being stressed again because of the thought "I want a swimming pool" was stressing them out. It'll probably be the same thing when they do get that pool and want something else. I know someone else who practically went the same route, got a house and a swimming pool, all at the same job and dude wasn't stressing out at all and enjoyed every day. I'm not saying you can't be frustrated, but as long as you don't do it for too long. Understand a situation/action might be unfortunate, but you have to get back on it and see what you can do about it.
Regardless of anyone's personal beliefs, we have ~80 years here. I don't know too many people who've said that they wish they were more sad and upset through their life. So simply, be happy because there's no prerequisite