If there is one thing I have learned its that my own self reporting on my happiness is extremely variable and unreliable. Someone could have asked me at many p

If there is one thing I have learned its that my own self reporting on my happiness is extremely variable and unreliable. Someone could have asked me at many periods during the last few years if I was happy and I might have reported I was but I know for a fact that deep down my mental health was taking a tole even if I didn't notice it at the time. So yeah, self reported mental health status should probably be looked at with a skeptical eye.