When were you happiest?

Sorrygrannyqueenie, not replying to your post, but to varian & woodmouse.

1978 was the year my father died suddenly. Not a good year for me and one I would rather forget.

The current UK population is over 67 million, and more than 50 million of us never voted for brexit.

...those figures do not reflect UK citizens living in the EU who were not allowed to vote in the referendum.

In my life, happiness has come in snippets. A memorable holiday in the middle of a romance, 12 years ago. Holding my baby grandson (thought I'd never have a grandchild) at 2 months while my daughter slept. Watching 'my' girls at school in an event I'd organised. Teaching my favourite novel. My students, spontaneously, dressing up as characters from my favourite novel on World Book Day. Time with my wonderful flat mate, 4 years ago.

Hopefully there'll be more.

But 1978? No. Shit childhood. Shit year.

Official statistics. Referendum was in 2016 and the population then was 65.6 million. More than 30 million voted

varian. - 50 million of the 65.6 million never voted for brexit! Figures do not tally. If you are stating how many didn't vote in 2016 you need to state what the population was in that year not 2019.

I refer to those living here now, all of whom will be affected if brexit is not stopped

As usual, we seem to digress from the original post on to the dreaded Brexit.

There are currently about 67 million people living in the UK. We are constantly told that 17 million voted leave three and a half years ago, but of course many of them will have since died.

Therefore there are about 50 million people living in this country now who never voted for brexit but all of us would be affected for the rest of our lives if it is not stopped.

To go back to the OP, we have seen serious divisions in British society, a weariness with being battered by pro-brexit propagand, a sad decline in a feeling of well-being, and an increase in anxiety and depression for the last three or four years .

It is high time this nonsense was stopped so we could get back to concentrating on what matters most without this shadow hanging over the whole country.

As someone else said up thread, happiness is fleeting and comprised of moments I think, rather than a state of being. I am more content now than I have ever been.

Happiness often comes from sharing others' moments of joy or excitement. I was happy this week (actually I was close to being ecstatic with relief) when a homeless man was, after a very long battle, finally Sectioned and is now getting the care he needs instead of potentially dying on the streets. I was also happy to hear a relative who has suffered from a severe depression got his first graduate job.

I tthink 1970/71 was the last time I really recall being happy. 1978 was an awful year. I do remember that.

becoming 40 was great for me. I`d lost a lot of weight, became a WW leader, passed by driving test, got a car, got promoted in my day job and life was good.

A decade later, I was in a wheelchair, fat again, and dependent on carers for everything!