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Answering "How are you?"

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I generally find the concept of lying abhorrent, so dread the question, especially when I am not OK - which happens often.

I have sometimes paused to think about the answer, which has led to "What's wrong?", to which my answer has been, cryptically, "it's complicated". End of conversation.

It's not that I don't want to talk about it, I do. I just don't feel comfortable in opening up, especially the risk of not being asked again, and generally ignored in the future.

Is it just me?

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  • yeah thats why the common response is "fine" as fine doesnt entirely mean anything really and is a way to shrug that question off.

    i also mix it up and use "normal" which gets a laugh, and is ambiguous as to its meaning.... but pretty much im the same as i always am, my normal default everyday self, normal, it can be melancholic or anything, just the standard normality of life.

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  • yeah thats why the common response is "fine" as fine doesnt entirely mean anything really and is a way to shrug that question off.

    i also mix it up and use "normal" which gets a laugh, and is ambiguous as to its meaning.... but pretty much im the same as i always am, my normal default everyday self, normal, it can be melancholic or anything, just the standard normality of life.

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