1) you started off making a judgment about my viewpoint, dismissing what I'd I said with the label "pessimistic". May not have been your intention, but the words told a different story. 2) "500 facebook friends" You and I have a different definition of friendship. 3) "I don't bother them with the specifics of my problems", i.e., you are controlling what these others see on your surface. Which is exactly what I said in my original comment. 4) You're living in a happy bubble. Meaning, from what you said, if I take your word for it, you seem to be relatively emotional stable, no problems with depression, and you thus gravitate towards and attract other people like you. That is your world. Consider that by living in that bubble, you are making assumptions about the general human experience. Meaning, anyone with depression, anyone with poor social skills, they must be doing it wrong. No. Life is different for everyone. Try going to adult support groups for people with disabilities, and hearing the stories of people no matter how hard they try, they're always ostracized, always judged, and because of this their unhappiness is greater than yours. Everyone's pain is relative. This comment thread might've gone differently if you'd phrased your initial comment differently. So, this comment of mine, I don't mean it argumentatively, not picking a fight, but answering your question honestly, and hopefully we both can take something from this exchange. Also, I'm severely PMSing.