When I ask someone how they're doing and they say "good" it makes me a feel a tiny bit better. I don't know if they're lying or not, but I feed off of their goo

When I ask someone how they're doing and they say "good" it makes me a feel a tiny bit better. I don't know if they're lying or not, but I feed off of their good feelings none-the-less. I usually "pay it forward" by also trying to be generally positive when interacting with strangers.