Maybe unhappiness isn't something we fall into.
Maybe it’s something we’re born with —
a quiet ache stitched into our skin before we even take our first breath.
What if this weight — this emptiness, this sorrow —
is not a malfunction of the soul,
but simply a feature of being human?
Sometimes I wonder:
Was I ever meant to feel truly joyful?
Or has my life been shaped by a kind of sadness that predates my memories —
a shadow that arrived before language?
People say,
“Be grateful. Smile more. Think positive.”
But they don't understand —
this isn’t about choosing sadness.
This is about feeling it,
being it,
because it was always there.
Not as a reaction, but as a birthmark.
I’ve often pretended —
faking a calm smile,
wearing excitement like a borrowed coat that never quite fits.
They say we shouldn’t be pessimistic.
But can a rose be blamed for its thorns?
Can grief be separated from a heart that was simply made that way?
Some people seem to walk through life effortlessly,
collecting joy like souvenirs.
For others, happiness feels foreign —
a place we visit briefly, but never stay.
Is it choice? Or is it design?
Maybe the world is filled with people just like me —
not broken, but born with a different kind of sensitivity.
The kind that turns beauty into longing,
and laughter into echo.
Does smiling through pain make me stronger?
Or just better at hiding?
And if I laugh twice for every tear,
does that make me “okay”?
Maybe I’m just tired.
Not from doing too much,
but from feeling too much
and being told not to.
Maybe we’re all born unhappy —
not entirely,
but in some small corner of our being,
where no light ever quite reaches.
And maybe the real question isn't
“Why am I like this?”
but
“What does it mean to live with this —
and still keep going?”