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  • Hey look its Gus! Hahaha

  • I feel selfish that i'm sad because I have a great life. I don't know why I'm sad, I wish happiness was a choice.

  • 2:53-3:28 how i now live my life. and why this is my favourite shaytards video.

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  • Listen up here buddy. Happiness is not a choice for many people. Depression is a chemical imbalance and it is defiantly NOT a choice. Why would anyone even WANT to be depressed? If just perking up was a choice for people, there wouldn't be depression.

  • wish i could buy this on a tshirt!!

  • Hey shay I quoted you in my college essay from this video. You have taught me that the things in life that bring you down should be replaced with things that bring you happiness.

    THANK YOU SHAY CARL!

  • Good idea!

  • you know what.....YOU KNOW WHAT!?!?!?! ...IM gonna make a painting about "happiness is a choice" !!!! AND MAKE IT HUGE SO ITS THE FIRST THING I SEE WHEN I COME HOME.....THANKS SHAY!!!

  • you have lost so much weight since this, wow.

  • I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!

  • all that matters is that shay is making an effort to be positive, and honestly watching these videos makes me happy :) so there.

  • There is only one of it in the entire world.. until somebody makes a a print of it!

  • Easy for him to say, his life is paradise.

  • I definitely agree that you have to choose happiness. You can argue 'oh, its easy to be happy when you have a family and job', but to me thats a lame argument. Are people saying you can only be happy if you have wealth? A marriage partner? Because you can find some pretty happy people who don't have those things. Happiness is subjective, it differs from person to person. And as far as depression goes, its called a _disorder_ for a reason. They need that extra help from friends/family/therapy...

  • holy shit, i would never be able to live in that mans house.. I would blow my brains out in 2 days no lie. FUCKING DEPRESSION.. its making me anxious, paranoid, sick, my muscles hurt, I'm angry, sometimes i think of death... fuck its all because of fucking school.. and my mom thinks im a "hypocondriac" (sp?) because I'm always in pain or sick all the time... some parents are just too thick

  • You're a fucking idiot Shay and your content is immature as fuck. Happiness isn't a fucking choice. You don't know shit and you piss people like me off with this kind of shit.

  • @Michaelmop dont watch it then you miserable prick.

  • @5pippin9 I had to watch it before I could judge it. Think, you dumb fuck.

  • @Michaelmop you said his content is immature, which suggests that you've watched a number of his videos. think, you dumb fuck.

  • @5pippin9 DOH I expected this one to be different..

  • @Michaelmop you expected shay to entirely change his content in one day? seriously you're making a fool of yourself here.

  • @5pippin9 Since this is a very serious subject, yes. I also expect you to die in a horrible way. Ain't happening either, fml.

  • I LOVE YOU SHAY MOMMYTARD BABYTARD PRINSESSTARD SONTARD YOU GOT SOME FUNKY SKILLS AND IM 7 YEARS OLD

    IM A GIRL

  • @ukrainiangirl35 i really dont mean to be rude or anything but you shouldnt have a youtube if your 7

  • @natoosheh0513 no age limit requird

  • @betterthanuian Actually you have to be 13 to have a verified account, technically speaking of course :)

  • I LOVE YOU SHAY MOMMYTARD BABYTARD PRINSESSTARD SONTARD YOU GOT SOME FUNKY SKILLS AND IM 7 YEARS OLD

  • People happiness really IS a choice. There are a million ways you can forget the depression. Believe me I've been through it.

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  • i thought that was princesstard holding the painting up

  • This whole happiness thing kind of gets on my nerves...it's easy for someone to talk about happiness being a choice when they have a great and loving family and when they grew up in a loving environment...most other people aren't as lucky

  • @password9319 I had a terrible home life as a child, and I've chosen to put it behind me. I'm now the happiest person I know! I've been through depression, anxiety, panic attacks, counseling, suicidal family members, and all kinds of craziness... It could've been a lot worse, yes, but I strongly believe that happiness really IS a choice.

  • omj at the begging i thought mommytard was princess tard lol

  • shay u look like a muslim

  • Happiness isn't a choice. It's a want in life, I want it happiness, I wish i could have it. It's not the people who influence my state of happiness, it's what happens. Nothing gets better. You can't "stop" being depressed. I've dealt with it for years and you can't just stop it. Somehow things have to get better.

  • @MonkeyFunInc14 run, exercise.....do that daily routine, u will start loosing ur depression and it dosen't matter what's happening around you. Do this more and more and u will feel better about ur self....it's also physcially healthy too

  • i watch this shaytards video when ever im sad because of the speech at the end♥

    iloveshaytards♥

  • @4everRosiee ...Same here! (:

  • And Donny is BORN!!! LONG LIVE DONNY the Dart!

  • "try not to let the outside word influence you" <--- easier said that done :(

  • THE DART !! 11:28

  • Choosing how you feel is a luxury to those who are able. Depression is a chemical problem dysfunction and there are terminally ill people who cannot be blamed for their feelings.

  • @stellarchica12 yeah, he cleared that up later. he said he meant no disrespect to people who suffer from depression and we all totally understand that it is a different matter all together. But think of it this way, many people with the "luxury" like you say, just choose to wallow in their own misfortune! What a waste! When there are people out there REALLY suffering... I think thats the bigger message to take away from this; if you are fortunate enough to be able to look on the bright side doit

  • =]

  • i wuz looking for a new desktop background and found the picture of the blue balls and one yellow ball

    who wants to guess what my new background id?

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  • This is probably my favorite video that you've ever done...... Love it! ♥♥♥♥♥

  • Hey guys im going through some very depressing stuff right now

    Please give my blog a look its the only thing keeping me going

    go to my channel for a link

    Ive been depressed since the 2nd grade

  • This video saved my life. It truly did. :) <3

  • This is my favorite Shaytards video! I love to watch Shay's happiness spiel at 2:52-3:55 whenever I'm feeling down.

  • I wish I could tell my boyfriend to just "stop being depressed". I wish it was that easy, I wish he could understand the concept of "happiness is a choice". I wish he could just "choose" to be happy.

  • SHAY CARL U R THE DEFINITION OF HAPPINESS!!! i love how even when u r really tires u still r energetic!!! also every night before i go to bed i watch ur daily vlogs on my itouch and i enjoy every video even it ifs really short!!! i con imagine you and mommytard when ur like 80 in ur rocking chair and u goin," u guys exited" in a grandpa voice!!! i love ur family soo much :)

  • Couldn't you have picked a better frame?

  • awesome painting!

  • man your my idol im only 15 but you sure got a great life and your enjoying every minute of it! im gonna live by what you said thank you (:

  • omg!! i just got a commercial with shay in it playing kinect!! so cool.

  • 4:07 just two words shay- child labor

  • aww that painting is so magical :D from how i'm looking at it the yellow guy is literaly glowing and lit up wow.The messages and feelings behind that painting are so strong >w<

  • Wow, people can get really sensitive over one man's opinion. XD As a person who has struggled with depression, I'm gonna say that I agree with Shay. Sure, you can't be happy all the time. Sad things happen, frustrating things happen, etc, but you can always choose to find things that will make you happy. Be with people you love, practice a hobby that you like, go crazy and do something different. Make your days worthwhile. That is all.

    SO MUCH LOVE to the Shaytards! :3

  • wait did he say velasquez

  • I'm TRIPPING BALLZ RIGHT NOW!

  • I honestly think Shay means that being optimistic is a choice, not exactly being "happy". When people are depressed it's not because they choose to be. But if someone's just a whiney, pessimistic bitch it's because they're choosing to be. I believe he's right if that's what he's trying to say, because you can choose to be optimistic or pessimistic, not exactly to be happy or unhappy.

  • so much happiness, GEEZUS

  • WAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PICTURE THAT U HAD PAINTED?

  • I think that painting is telling us to be asian. :D My friends would appreciate that.

  • let me live with you you can call me leektard

  • You know why the middle face is happy? He poisoned the other smiles.

  • I love your life mantra/philosophy!! So inspiring and I wish more people could be as positive and optimistic as you!

  • DAMN...SOME PRETTY INSPIRING WORDS RIGHT THERE...LIKE DA PAINTING TOO...ITS KINDA RARE THAT SOMEONE CAN SAY OR DO SUMTHIN THAT GETS THROUGH 2 STUBBORN ASSES LIKE MYSELF BUT THANX...STAY UP

  • striving to choose happiness-this is how my hubby functions. he has been physically disabled since age 19 after a bad motorcycle accident, he recently had neck surgery-sneezed, and pulled out half of the graft/screws in his vertebre. he goes to the doc every week-with a smile on his face.................... he chooses happy. i wish i was more like him...

  • Anyone know what size that picture is ?

  • i'm ftcing lots of videos just fora flip

  • holy shit i think ive ftc like 15 vids now but i really want that flip!!!

  • I love that picture!!!!!!!!!!! <3

  • shay i love your advise :)

  • shaytards make me happy and i choose to watch them ;)

  • Depression is all mental. The fact that there can be kids living in 3rd world countries who are happy with their lives means there is no excuse for people who can live comfortably not to be happy. I totally agree with you Shay!!

  • we cant all be yellow like that guy lol

  • u are awesome in ur previous video u said that u didnt want to talk to us about loosing weght because u know u can do it and dont need there help. well ur awesome no matter what so rock on

  • Katilette seems like she gets really irrationally angry for a second around the middle, when Carly is nervous

  • Hey shay, how can somebody be happy whos family is a mess. Everybody hates each other and there is no way to change that (tried many times). Whould you still say "just be happy" ? I cannot be happy when I know that my family is not happy. I bet that don't even read this comment....

  • @SuperZ00M I know exactly how you feel. My dad died a few years ago from colon cancer and ever since then, my family hasn't been the same. They always yell at each other, and blame things on each other. We don't even have 'Family Wednesday' anymore, we are completely torn apart. At times, it does get really hard, but there has to be some times when it's all good. Even I have some good times. If you do feel down, talk to a close friend or adult and try to remember those times. I hope you can. :)

  • @ZachyandEmi I'm sorry to hear the Story about your dad. You seem to be very strong.

    My Family never had something like "family wednesday or Sunday". It was all a mess since I was a child. But I never gave up the hope to help them fix theyr problems, but they don't want to be helped. But thanx, maybe there will be some good times for me with them. (sorry for the bad english, I'm from germany)

  • happy face should have been shays face

  • @97PetLover Or at least a beard! XD

  • Ask yourselves this, who wants to be depressed when you can be happy? If people have a choice wouldn't everyone want to be happy? It goes against all logic for people to choose depression/ unhappiness when they can feel good all the time. The idea that it's a choice makes it look like its people's fault if they are sad, unhappy, or can't get out of a depression. Seriously if it is a choice we all would choose happiness.. don't kid yourselves.

  • You can't choose to be happy, you can only choose to want to be happy. Just saying.

  • shay..... iam pretty sure that if the happiness is a choice painting is to fall on the floor and smashes....... you probably wont choose to be happy :P

  • Shay. I am so proud of you. Here's your diet

    1) burn 2x the calories in ( physical part )

    2) do this so you can be around to raise your children ( psychological part)

    3) anything else that helps you

    You bet this isn't gonna be easy but neither is raising 4 children, vlogging every day, providing for an entire family, maintaing a home, running daily errands etccc. I'm with you in spirit

  • I don't think happiness is always a choice. Someone suffering from chemical depression, depression caused by an hormonal imbalance, or a severe mental illness like schizophrenia(which my sister has) can't simply choose to be happy. You can't just make a mental illness go away because you want it too. The brain is just like any other organ and sometimes things can go seriously wrong.

  • @Meli24RR My girlfriend has the same and i completely agree with you

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  • love your videos man! Makes me so glad! :D Merry christmas mate

  • Telling a depressed person to be happy is like telling a schizophrenic to stop hearing voices; mental illness is something you can't control.

  • Lolll the painting looks nice!

  • Two girls, one chunk.

  • "Insanity is a choice" might be a more appropriate name for that painting.

  • You're not in charge of your emotions. Quite the contrary in fact. That's how cognitive science explains it anyway, but far be it from me to try and convince a mormon of anything using science haha

  • It's pretty awesome, this painting is basically a representation of Shay and his family, I guarantee it hasn't all been smiles and laughter for them and yet not only do they find it in them to always smile and laugh...but they make every subscriber here smile and laugh! Excellent work Shaytards, we love ya

  • how hard is it to be in a good mood, and then just be in a good mood?

  • @zanysazy People seem to enjoy saying nasty sh!t on the internet, that's for sure.

  • @zanysazy Messed up psychos? Maybe they're messed up psychos because they live in messed up psycho worlds. You shouldn't judge people until you've been in their shoes.

  • I tried..18th birthday..spent at home after plans to celebrate a bd for the first time in my life get cancelled..tried this year..nobody even cares anymore..i dont know why i havent killed myself yet. it's my fate

  • Great painting! I know that frame must have cost a pretty penny, let alone the painting:)

    The pleasure of art is priceless.

  • I would love to meet you. man you are cool!

  • Carlie is fit ! ;)

  • but my attitude towards it did.

  • @yourfairygothmother i have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder many years ago, and borderline personality disorder. so yeah i do understand that mental illness isn't a choice. however i do know that how you look at your illness is up to you. you can fight it and don't let this illness be a constant drawback on your life because i sure as hell know that i i didn't want my illness's to take control of me anymore, and believe me i was doped up on drugs for a very long time and that didn't help.

  • @beautifuledie I have Bipolar II disorder and choose to live unmedicated. I do, honestly, believe that your outlook has a lot to do with how happy you are (My favorite quote is "Happiness is not the natural state of mankind, and is never achieved from the outside in" and I try to live by that), but sometimes, with your own mind pitted against you it's nigh impossible to choose happiness. I don't disagree with Shay's philosophy, it's just his ignorant delivery. There's a reason so many are angry.

  • @yourfairygothmother i understand how hard bipolar is and my mother has severe bipolar and never seems to be happy and she is always angry. but if you could just focus on one thing that makes you happy per day maybe you would be happier. i'm just saying but my view is subjective so it is not for everyone. i hope that you do find happiness that will be eternal for all the days of your life. :)

  • is there a time limit to buy the prints of the happiness is a choice painting? or are they going to be sold for awhile?

  • i like ya xmas tree haaaaaaaaaaapy holidays shaytard!

  • PLEASE READ THIS & THUMBS UP IF YOU ARE JUST AS CONFUSED AS I AM! 2 GRIZZLY BEARS CLIMB INTO A TREE TO WRESTLE FOR SALMON 100 MILES FROM THE NEAREST WATER SOURCE. THE LOSER(BEAR WHO FALLS OUT OF TREE FIRST) HITS THE GROUND WITH SUCH SPEED AND VELOCITY THAT IT CREATES LIGHT. FORWARD ON MAN, FORWARD ON.

  • I'm subbed to Rae. Love that guy. :)

  • Well I now know mommytards real name...I guess I am silly cause I thought it was katielette...LOL

  • i love you shayyyy(:

  • happiness isnt a choice unless you take certain drugs you cant choose to make ur brain create saratonin which is the chemical that makesu happy that chemical is made when good stuff happens to you so ur body gets excited shay what if you didnt have all these fans and supporters and a loving wife nd kids what if katilette left you for another man your parents died ur kids hated you and your job didnt pay you enough to have a sufficient living try livin in a broken home nd still b happy

  • @familyklok no you are wrong happieness is a choice. You can choose to do things that make you happy and choose how you act towards other people and kind of control who you are with. Love makes people happy, too. And then if you would take drugs you would choose to take them to make yourself happy. And if he didn't have all these fans etc he would just try to get his life done otherwise, like everyone else does. You got a crappy way of seeing things in my opinion.

  • Carly looked nice. I decided that makes me happy. 

  • wow, that is amazing! Good job Rae

  • shay is always happy

  • Phey shay I have a video about depression on my channel it really good have alook if you want:)

  • Today, in my team meeting at work, we talked about this and I totally referenced this video. I suffer from depression, but getting help with therapy/anti-depressants/whate­ver is choosing to make yourself happy/better yourself. Another thing is that no amount of money, love or power will make you happy. It has to come from within.

  • there goes life coach shay again! love the painting =)

  • like i said before shay has never had to deal with depression so he doesn't always know what he's talking about i used to liek that i couldnt undertand how people could be that depressed or take meds now im on the other side and its very scary and trying to be happy and stay optistic can only go so far, i guess it depnds on the person

  • carlie is lookin' sooooooo gorgeous

  • shay carl is not what i call fat...,chubby at most.

    its just genetic i bet.

  • @willem01 There is no "genetic obesity". There is, however, a genetic predisposition to store fat (gain weight) in a manner that exceeds the general population. I fall in this category with my particular genetic profile, yet at the same time, I have a low body fat percentage because I eat right and exercise daily. Shay may or may not fall into this category, but even if he did, his being obese has really little to do with genetics and everything to do with lifestyle. Shay is way beyond chubby.

  • you are the beez kness shay lol! i whatch all the vids ,you put up, from my phone and i dont get to comment but i just had to get on a computer for this one, and i know its two days late but i fully agree with you on this one. for happiness is a choice, the face you named, you should name it G.G tard lol. anyway, keep up the vlogs, you make me laugh every morning before work.

  • I mean I'm 11and I've gone through depression and you half to work the it you can't just let it go and you can't just wake up feeling happy some people have nothing to look forward to or anyone to look up too

  • Often optimism is just compared to idioty or dumbness but it's totally wrong this guy could be an astronaut. It's not anout ignoring all what is bad, or being unconscious it's about focusing on what is good. Thing is pessimism is in human nature because we are ALL GOING TO DIE, it's as simple as that. So when you think it's just so hard to be optimist, to focus more on the good things than the bad ones. Present can only be good. I don't hve his philosophy but i totally approve it.

  • i dissagree with the happiness is a choice..

    because i was thinking about it and by choosing happiness ..

    is basically telling people not to care about anything ??

    and i tried this before.. and it doesnt work i didnt care bout anything and chose to be happy.... but i got in so much truoble both at home and with the police...

    so no happiness isnt really a choice that everyone can make.

  • There's no choice in depression, everything is normal you can have a great familly, a great jobs and great friend but suddenly one day you just feel empty. When you open your eyes the morning there's nothing to make you waking up from your bed, you finally do it because you have to do so but you are more like a zombie, you are just fucking empty. Being alone while depressiv is really horrible it's really a lot of suffering. It takes a lot of patience and help from the entourage 2heal from that.

  • uh oh. A little name slip by Carly (sorry if i spelled her name wrong)

  • i totally heard the "ding ding" of an iphone text message and scrounged around for my phone till i realized..it was just the video.

  • Its easy to be happy if we were you shay, ya know?

  • ‎"Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product."

  • that frame is way too tiny for that size painting

  • you can't be depressed if you watch the shaytards.

    Becouse when does shay not make you happy?

    Where never getting tired of youre video's shay!

  • see hes seeing u can TR and u can CHOSE to not let everyone else influence your happiness.

    i dunno i agree i mean yeah there's some unfortunates who had crappy lives and childhoods but I think you can pull through that and chose to make your life better instead of just using that as an excuse. :)

  • it would be less depressing if the sun didn't go down at 3pm

  • Happiness isn't always a choice but I like the sentiment that if you try to be happy it can only be a good thing :)

  • Shay du snackar skit. Den dumme är den lycklige.

  • still not straight.

  • i dont like the thing around the painting (dont know the name in english)

    but its really cool shay!

  • Idiot.

  • It looks AWESOME!!!!

  • I loooove you shay (:

  • @TeaBubblez my opinion is right you pieve of shit go die

  • It has elements reminiscent of Pablo Picasso. However, at the same time, some of the faces creep me out. I like the painting, but I would also hang it in my office, not in like my bedroom or something.

  • @JamMasterJay63 or maybe he has had those aforementioned "few problems" and has chose to not let it drag him down and bury him in the mud. I have had problems in my life, some far too painful to mention. However, it is in the past, and there is nothing that can be done to change that. Maybe Shay's been obscenely lucky, and has had a great, happy life. Or maybe, he has gone through those "few problems," and so has a greater appreciation for the positives in his life. Have a merry Yule. Wassail!

  • What are their real names?

  • Such a big painting should have a much wider frame. Not quite sure why such a thin one was chosen. Oh well, I'm sure you'll enjoy it all the same.

  • @PinkErica They were going to get a wider frame, but the store didn't have it in the color white, so they had to go with the smaller.

  • I love that painting

  • AMEN!!!

  • wooh, i really lovelike your message, shay, very inspiring. Im thinking to put it in my shoutout by next week because im feeling terrible this week that's why i cannot put it right now and of course im going to put your name in the last part for the acknowledgement^_^o)) tnx shay for making video and sharing your everyday life... advance greeting for the SHAYTARDS...Merry Christmas...

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  • thats such a big painting!! its awesome