false happiness

False happiness is such bullshit.

What makes it false? Drugs, alcohol, self harm, they all release dopamine into your system. Dopamine means happy. So why is it false?

Chocolate also releases dopamine. Does that mean that the happiness you get from eating chocolate is also false? What about a kiss? Is that false happiness?

That's why it pisses me off when people say that people who do drugs or who cut aren't happy, that they just think they are. The happiness they feel is as true as any you might experience. We don't have enough happy in our lives, so we do what we need to to get more. That's what I think people are addicted to. It's not the drug. The world is addicted to happiness. We need it, we crave it, we can't live without it. So we get it. From things that happen or things that we make, we get it. So don't say that my happiness is any less real than yours. It may not be good, but it's real.