What makes me feel alive is working and interacting with all kinds of people. It may sounds annoying at first but after everything is done, the satisfaction is absolute. Besides, new relationship can be made if one settled a person's problem. Anyway, that's just my opinion. I hope all of you can share your opinion with me...Just a simple question, "What makes you feel alive?"

Using weapons of mass destruction... in games of course

Finishing a drawing, reading manga, watching anime!

What makes me feel alve are my friends...And a few good games that we play. Also, anime, manga and ramen are huge motivators too~
=3

What makes me feel alve are my friends...And a few good games that we play. Also, anime, manga and ramen are huge motivators too~
=3

doing things

Breathing and feeling my heart beat.

The thing that makes me fee alive, are for many reasons. It's not just family related but it's also the closest of friends and the relationship of between one of them another. The manga's we read that inspire us to live and try many things we should try for life to accomplish. The adventures with people and discover new things we do not know about, and the final thing is... To breathe as if it was your last breath living for.

when i alone then i drew some comic on my homework paper

I have many things that make me feel alive, especially feelings, such as happiness, sadness, hatred, nervousness, excitement, love and many more.

But nice moments as well, for example, being with my friends or my family, having conversations with others, or just enjoying the day outside at fresh air :)

what makes me feel alive is nature and what it brings to this world the air i breath the grass that grows and the sky that is blue anithing else is a blessing from the mother earth. Blessed be and merry part

What makes me feel alive is just hanging out with my friends and my little cousins.

Music makes me feel alive. It is my soul. Nature makes me feel alive. It is the air I breathe. The people I love make me feel alive. They are my world.

I guess what makes me feel alive is music and writing. One of the few things that stopped me from committing suicide was music, and writing just makes me feel free, feel like I do have a purpose and I can express myself however I want.

Learning makes me feel alive. I enjoy learning new facts, skills, studying people and animals, just observing the world around me. I highly enjoy furthering my understanding of things; whatever those things might be.

Music. Specifically, performing.

I've only ever played two shows, but it was one of the most fun experiences. The concept of getting a career in that just makes me :D

What makes me alive if I was to become a superhero or a dude who could fly that's what makes me feel alive.

Christ.
Yeah, I just played that card.

What makes me feel alive is the rush that i get when the chips are down and it's do or die.

What makes me feel alive? Lots of things. Some might make me a bad person. I feel alive in heated arguments. I feel alive when I figure someone out or how to make someone react a certain why by saying certain things. I feel alive when I play with people's strings. I feel alive when people are jealous of me. I feel alive when people look up at me. I feel alive when I'm on stage in front of a crowd. I feel alive when I make people laugh. I feel alive when I make people smile.

I feel alive when working on my saltwater aquarioum. I also feel alive when I mess with people. >:3

The answer to tha one is simple.

Combat! One on One or Free for All! The adrenaline,reflexes,the heightened fel of all my senses! Theres just nothing that compares! The trhill of putting ones life on the line in actual combat only feels more enjoyable...probally why the military wont pick me....o.o; No offense but even the wouldnt put a beserker into play...

Being with friends. Seeing a movie, getting a bite to eat, or whatever with then. I feel more alive around them than at home alone. It's rare for me to ever be able to see friends outside of school so that's really fun when i do. Even school makes me feel more alive than when im at home.

Talking to strangers, running, laughing with friends, feeling my heart beat, anime, Harry Potter, reading, crying, climbing trees, falling from trees, singing, running in the rain, staying up late.

Science, and all its forms

I would have to agree with -Deus Pyro- ^^ here

I would have to say doing new and exciting things.

Encountering different stories everyday gives me joy in my otherwise normal life. Honestly, I hate reality. It sucks

Haha, I love to interact with new people too. :) But not much IRL cause my friends get jealous xD Anyways, what makes me feel alive is when I accomplished something that no one couldn't, being able to do a kindness, changing/doing something AMAZING. LOL, that was pretty ridiculous. I also feel alive when I "outsmart" my own technology ;3 I'm also a new member by the way, hello all Dollars members!!!!! (^-^)/

>>29 Outsmarting your own technology...Haha~

Hello Amu and welcome to the Dollars...

Recently I've been thinking...I feel alive when I consider my possibilities. Funny how just last night I was crying, saying to myself: "I'm so glad to be alive!" There is so much to experience and try in this world. Being a member of the Dollars makes me feel alive too XD Music and physical activity make me feel alive in a slightly different way too.

laughter and happyness and being with my family especialy my mom

I would have to say just being in the city, regardless of if I'm with someone or not-- Though I find that for this particular event that it's better to be alone so you can enjoy it to it's fullest potential.

I feel the most alive during two activities:

1. When I am the shop for my robotics team and I am just working with my hands building the next prototype, cutting a bar of aluminum, or just simply sharing and collaborating ideas with the others around me. This kind of work really puts my mind at ease and I feel as if this is what life should be: doing what you love and gaining satisfaction when it has been completed.

or, a slightly darker event:

2. When I just sit back and enjoy the everyday actions and behaviors of humans and humanity; yes, these are different, I will not explain. Humanity interests me immensely; Human interaction, reaction, and pro-action, all have their own sparks to them that create other sparks and eventually the whole world is aflame. And, the best part is when I have a role in all of this blazing world that is known as humanity. I love humanity, and I just hope that it loves me back...

seeing(making) other people happy. ^_^

@Feric Calm down Izaya-san :P

What makes me feel alive. Hard question, ain't it? 1.Music 2.Sketching 3.Being with friends 4.Being in love 5.Having hm hm.. you know what :3 6.Long pholosophical conversations 7.Vivid colours 8.Snow and rain 9.Nutella (LOL) 10. "Studying" people 11.Concerts 12.Smells 13.Travelling with an airplane 14. Having a cause to fight for 15. Meeting people from different countries 16. Travels! 17. Smoking 18. Dogs

Wow I never ever realised there are so many things. Totally inspirational post!

Well it depends on how you lived your life that makes it worth it. so far my life well lets say I don't have a life and move on. But your life can walk in many directions it all depends on which path you pick ex. Girlfriend, a Wife, a Child.

When I'm killing someone!! Lol joke, uhm, when it's snowing for example, it makes me feel that the world really is changing, and that I can change with it, that's when I feel alive, when I'm changing, when I'm thinking about how the world goes on, and how everyone are different from another. Especially with the snow-thing, when it is snowy outside, with lots of snow on theground, when I can just fall to the ground and make a snow-angel, and roll around like a madman and be a child again.......That's when I feel the most alive♥ =^.^=

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What makes me feel alive? Being with the one I love most of course. (Lies I got rejected many times. T_T

>>40 don't worry nee~~~
>>38 kawaii~~ i love- loved snow angels....i would always make them when it snowed...but i moved so...erm- maybe sand angels....as for what makes me feel alive.......solving peoples probelemswork.....i feel like i can make people happy, so i feel alive...~~

The moment I feel alive is when I matter. I feel alive whenever I'm appreciated, respected, praised, and recognized. I also feel alive when I make someone laugh, I can't explain why but it makes me feel happy. xD

I feel alive when I do something that makes my blood run and get my adrenaline pumping.

I feel alive when i discovered that the anime that i was going to have another season or when im with my girlfriend :)

I feel alive when I see people getting killed, blood being spilled, screams of horror everywhere, killers running rampant.......
And I also feel alive while watching Angel Beats and AnoHana

Seriously what possible purpose does this thread have

i feel alive when i`m watching a good awesome parts or scenes in anime or manga, but i mainly only like it when its the ending of an anime or a heart-warming scene.

Rock Climbing is awesome and makes me feel awesome

When I feel an intense emotion such as anger or joy or fear or sadness, I feel alive. So bassically when I am watching Anime or reading Manga I feel alive.

Doing something that gets my heart racing and my adrenaline pumping but nothing compares to riding a coaster with my lil bro .better yet spending a perfect day with him , kids my best freind.

I feel alive when I go some place amazing, or watch action anime. When I do those things, I find my heart beating faster then ever and a grin spread across my face.

When I read a really good book, play an amazing video game or watch anime. Rollercoasters too.

I feel alive when I'm working out and running or after I just get finished watching a really good action anime

Usually anything that gets the blood pumping and adrenaline rushing, such as sports, checking out some haunted stuff, sometimes even having a fun night out with friends.

When I'm eating, listening to music, chatting with ma friends,staying alive in this world and watching anime !! hahah :D

Hmm? Feeling alive...?

Well shit, I don't really know. I just kinda breath and continue on with whatever is going on around me. Otherwise nothing really gets me going. I wonder if I'll find something that'll bring me to life?

Hmmn...
Listening to music that gets one's blood pumping really does it for me.
Like, music that you just want to move to.

finding about new strange things in the world, that I havent even thought of yet and realizing how much I still dont know

When ever I Read someones fortune, I love how shocked they look when I'm right, Especially skeptics! Fortune telling is my thing.

lestining to linkinparl and watching anime ^^

playing football for valley high

I always think that I wasting times and dont know what to do

playing and listening to music :)

Going out of your comfort zone

Basketball, Anime, Video Games, Piano, and being with family and relatives that Im close to

it's pretty cliche, but music. playing on piano, listening to any kind of music... I'm just so happy:3 or drawing/painting, reading and writing some story, eating something good and finding out something new. or traveling and seeing beauty of the world. or just some chatting with family, friends... knowintg they love me and I let them know, that I love them. I just really love my life. and whenever I'm sad and I'm weak and I overcome it, it resembles me, that I should always value my life and value what I have, even though it's simple. I'm happy, when people around me aren't, I'll hug them and comfort. that's all that matters. :3

It's a good question but in my own life, the thing that makes my life alive is the anime and my dream to be a detective

I think it depends. Mainly, it's art and things like that.

Art and anime :3

I don't really feel alive, I think I died years ago, so...nothing.

Near death experiences makes me feel alive

Life itself.

Russian roulette

First of all I'm new in Dollars Website, I'm from Spain [I'm a spanish Dollars (?)] so I hope be a lot of time talking with Dollars about all we can talk and meeting new friends.

Anime, cosplay, manga, dreams, family, and 1 or 2 friends. I have a lot of friends but only 1 or 2 are true friends.

regret pity and sadness

Keep happy and forget the sad.Of course,the anime is my great joy.

But isn't there also a distinction to be made between what makes someone happy and things they think will do the same thing, but in practice cause strife?
For example, someone pursuing their dream could be effected in this manner by myriad reasons, being held back and restricted to the point of dysfunction, discouragement by getting nowhere in their line of work, aimlessness in completion of a new project and finding themselves suddenly empty, etc.

Being productive =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ =͟͟͞͞ʕ•̫͡•ʔ

Visiting new places... refreshing my eyes with new sceneries that can't be explained with words, Or may be unrealistic to the eyes when seen from an angle as if you're looking at a sci fi-movie. Seeing a destination and making your way too it with those first steps and sharing the accomplishments with loved ones at the end of the journey... That makes me feel Alive...

Destroying my enemies... XD jk. Being alone in nature often makes me feel alive. The atmosphere and the truth to it all just seeps into me, and makes me feel lightful. Personally, another thing that makes me feel alive is fighting.

I feel alive when I write, when I explore my imagination and create new lives and worlds.

Travelling and reading about space. I firmly belive space settlements are part of our near or far future and the idea of living in one thrills me!

I feel alive when I am able to help others, and see that I made a difference in their lives. It may seem selfish but keeps me going :)

for me its finding the hidden beauties in the world, and doing what i can to share them, weather they are in people or just the world itself, it shows me that just experiencing gives my existence meaning especially when i can use them to make another person smile.

Here with the dollars I feel alive! It doesn't matter who I am, the people here accept me. And with the missions it feels like I do something useful :)

To me, it's when people actually recognize me for who I am, not physically, but mentally. Most humans don't know how I feel exactly. But I /am/ a loner, and people use me like I'm just an object. And one more thing, I am selfish, what I do are for my own benefits, which gets the attention of people.

What makes me feel alive is just escaping from reality all together. When i can just block all the bad things and take in the good. #peaceofmind

When I help peoples and I make differences in their life.Its like saying my existence matters.

For me, its laughing at idiots. It's fun.

For me , it's helping people , like... making them feel okay with themeselves.

For me, its doing something I wouldn't normally do, going to new places, or being in extremely high places.

For me, it's focusing on who I am, what I love, and improving myself.

Accomplishing things. Interacting with other people plays a huge part in it. When I worked as a cashier at my part time job I absolutely loved the thrill I got from a successful social interaction. You can really learn a lot about people!

Just breathing.
It could sound weird but, noticeing how my lungs fill of air makes me feel my body is real. And also listening to my own heartbeats, its hipnotizing try to listen to them and following the rithm they make.

Solve my problems? Maybe.. :D And do what I love, I mean playing basketball, chatting with people etc.

As a shut in person...watching anime, reading manga, eating lots of junkfood.. is best for me.

Doing something for others and not for myself, and accomplishing things that seemed imposible at first. And maybe thinking about how anime's complicated stuff relates to real life.

I guess writing stories and drawing? I feel more alive when doing those two things. It also depends the time of day. XDD

The gusts of a fall wind, the designs of a snowflake, the crashing of the waves, the warmth of the sun, the cold of the moon, the meeting of new people, the love people share, being in a loving relationship, being by the one I love, spending my life with my family and friends, knowing in all darkness there is still a speck of light, surviving the worst times, living for the best times. That is what makes me feel alive.

Music, Dancing, Drawing <3

I find joy in many things, but dancing is my truest passion. Something about it makes me feel so free. :)

Hmm...what really makes me feel alive is studying history and sketching~ and painting. Cause when you're painting or sketching you can release all your feelings~

My dreams and my goals for the future keep me alive. If I didn't have any, I'd feel like a waste of space.

my friends~ they're the best

Singing songs that no one else can makes me feel like I have a purpose in this world.

I love to play video games. They are my passion. They keep me going in life. I come home every day and I play video games. They make me happy. They help me escape. Without them I don't know what my life would be like.

Seeing others happy it What makes me the most happy. I would really give away my happiness to someone else and build it up again.

dancing

The world around me; even if i'm having the worst day. So long as the sun is shining or the moon is glowing.

What makes me feel alive is playing Yu-Gi-Oh card game tournaments. It's a little lame I guess, but it's all I've got to do that's not stressful right now.

Drawing quality manga. Definitely.

Sleep.

Well, for me it's knowing that I exist and that life is a huge mystery,life is too short to be wasted.In fact I am quiet obsessed with finding a meaning to life...
We are all in the same boat,lost in the same sea, so it's up to us to find a goal in life that make us feel alive.

What makes me alive? Hm...that is a rather difficult question. But I think what makes me alive here are humans. Watching humans interacting with each other and seeing their reaction...it's entertaining. More than three hundred or more people are born everyday, not to mention the numbers of people that died too...researching humans are fascinating. It is impossible to research every people that I've encounter though. But that means there will be plenty or you could say...endless supply of entertainment don't you think?

ehh? make me fell alive. i thik get out with, friend, playing online game, play with pets. that's all :v

For me, it is making someone laugh or smile. It makes me feel as if I have done something good. It fills me with a resolve to make a difference in the world. Smiles are powerful.

being me and tang some risks

I usually feel alive becouse of the wind. For me "alive" means "free".

interacting with people face to face (for better or worse, but ESPECIALLY better), feeling the change of the seasons, putting my heart into playing music...

and full out sprinting. which i can't do for very long, but still.

- Swimming in the ocean
- Free falling
- Being free

Roller coasters, maybe?

When I walk around and listen to music (and sometimes jog), there's no greater feeling than that

Food,
good night's sleep,
music,
anime.

What makes me feel alive is when I look up and around and see that life still exists.

>>125 Deep much.
Drawing, listening to music, watching the other people complete their daily lives, playing games, watching anime and reading good books. Hot chocolate and green tea has a really nice effect to my mood as well.

Music is one of my favorite pastimes. Especially playing guitar.

Music. Yes. Music is my life. Writing too... The idea that I could do something "special" in my life. Just help people, create something, or simply be happy, but it is quite hard in the world we are living in, no ? That is why I'm a dollars, and here I see that I am not the only one !

What makes me feel alive? umm i guess that would have to be chaos and a person i care for. I cant stand peace and quiet, they anger me, and as far as that person well thats my business lol ^_^

I don't this this belongs here...

Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness

What makes me feel alive is my friends. My family and even the people on the dollars.

cutting my arm makes me feel alive

breathing???

idk...

and >>133 chu should get help with that

Running, dancing, going fast in a vehicle doing things that make your adrenaline pump.

Being with the ones I love, like my friend, makes me feel alive. It can also be when I'm helping someone or just when I'm accomplishing something. (And also when I'm playing basket-ball)

If I had to choose (Pun Tended).It would be, being alone.
Or Looking into the blue Sky.
Sitting Watching The Sunset

If I had to say, probably writing. I'm very lonely to be honest and my life isn't the best. Writing allows me to escape this and create myself a new life where I can be the chosen one or something. It sounds depressing but this has really helped me out in the past when I've gone through serious depression problems.

Corny yes I know, but honestly, just seeing my friends smile, because if they're happy, I'm happy.

playing a new game and getting my mind blown!!!

Making people laugh makes me feel alive. Whether it's because of something silly that I did, or a joke that I told, it's always exciting to know that people really enjoy your company.

i feel most alive under a small amount of stress and being slightly rushed sort of chaotic like i guess it's just the kind of person i am a bunch of different things all happening at once all the energy just makes my heart buzz it's not for everyone but a chaotic lifestyle is a fulfilled lifestyle to me

What make me fell alive is thinking of my stories and developing them inside my own head. It brings me so much joy to just tell my stories to all my friends even if they are dark and full of satire. It makes me feel alive.

anime and music

Make people, my self and my family Happy and safe :D

Well.. Anime.. Of course and the future!. It's scary but adventurous.. Though.. Lifes boring at the moment.. I somehow find myself entertained from Durarara but... In reality and out of the internet.. It's the same almost every day. We wake up, eat, go out, maybe go to college, go back home... eat then sleep again.. Hmn.. The world truly is beauty but boring place. -Sighs- I wish there was more to life.

Hmm . . . Breathe?

Living.

the love i still feel inside me :(

>>134 I'm totally fine

Competing in sport events!

lots of things, just by looking in the mirror you feel your alive, its never pleasant, but then again life is rarely ever so.

story I make in my head /I'm perfectly fine XD

When winning a game or passing a real hard exam, those moments make me feel soooo alive, like nothing can stop me

I guess you could say anything, really. What makes me feel most human, or 'alive' as you put it, would be wind, most of all. Truly an odd element.

Looking to the sun light early in the morning, feel the wind in my hair, it makes me feel alive and free

Watching Durarara

Parkour~

Dancing and longboarding~

Drawing and watching DRRR/Anime owo''

Pain (=__=)

Playing video games and going for long walks outside alone when the weather is amazing xD

Chatting/hanging out with friends and accomplishing stuff (like passing an exam, finishing an anime, beating a boss in a video game, etc).

As dorky as it sounds....cosplay conventions.
*cough cough*

It kind of sounds stupid but laying back looking up at the sky day/night but i have to be alone.

being on the beach at night or at sunrise <3

Listening to my favorite songs looking out a car window while everything passes by. *blushies*

raining days

listening to nano's song with bass boost while lying on my bed.

finishing something that looks impossible

listening to rock whilst writing stories

Strong emotions like anticipation, fear, anxiety or sadness.

Oh man. There's listening/playing music, all of the video games, dancing, singing, writing, seeing beautiful scenery/nature...

Fighting, no kidding also just hanging with friends

Very well crafted anime with awesome plot stwists

learning things about the world and religion and history and games and anime makes me feel alive haha :p the only things i enjoy in life xp

Watching Anime ... And Touch my girlfriend's Boobs

watching anime,playing games,surf to internet,studying about the world,and intercting with another people.

I'm agree with you,Kazami.At first,it sound annoying,but after everything is done.esides, new relationship can be made if one settled a person's problem :D now I feel that all people in around me are good people, but not unconnected to the fact that there are some evil people in this world :D

Anime, manga, my dreams, my vast imagination, our world's history, Hayao Miyazaki films, music that gives me the feels, and the people around me (good or bad) hahahaha. :)

Anime,manga,smashing the buttons on a controller,running,browsing the net and listening to music,Drawing,when Im all alone in the house and its really quiet,screaming and spending time with my cousins/best friends.

phew...thats alot... ._.

The thing that makes me feel alive is forgeting life. Anything that makes me forget everything: so sadly enough drugs and alcohol are in it...

What makes me feel alive is forgetting everything, Everything that sucks. The pain, The anger, The people around me. The people making fun of me, The world. Feeling alive? Being alive? It's up to you. But feeling alive with happiness doesnt exist. Happiness is nothing, Happiness is pain isn't it? But for me. I consider watching anime for feeling alive whatever. I include the person above me, The person who live in the place they called 'Heaven'. (wth? What am I saying)

I don't know. I don't really understand myself either. One thing for sure is that I don't care if I die sooner or later but I'm not that stupid/desperate to kill myself whether through suicide/accident or whatever.

What makes me feel alive is the rush of doing something exciting and being a part of something that is bigger than me...like the Dollars :)

>>184

Hapiness and how you see life is just a matter of point of view. Some times it sucks, sometimes its great, sometimes there even isnt an emotion. But once we have one of these povs, that is the way we see live/ and hapiness.

Couldn't believe this is actually an ongoing thread, seems to have been buried for a few years so bump. If it had been posted at 2015/something, the community would've jumped on it to sage.

Listening to some Music if I were to answer this thread, not just any music but just some of them. They would send chills through my skin and its always an amusing experience.

Just breathing deeply makes me feel so alive (ridiculous? #yea) and laying down on a blanket on the grass in a park while listening to music with the bluetooth speaker, also looking at the sunset or a landscape, both city or something like the mountain

Going somewhere or doing something, even something small, without telling anyone what I'm doing, or where I'm going. Bonus points if they never find out. I've gone between counties just to buy a pepsi for the 'feeling alive points'

This may be simple, but on a windy day where I see smiles and laughter of others, It feels better than staring aimlessly. Because everytime I stare aimlessly, I always feel as if I am dreaming, and find myself 'feeling' this emotion, I guess curiousity, but an emotion I just named on its own as if its special, 'who am I?'.

Finding bits of knowledge from the past and pondering about the promises and demise of the future.

Being with people whom I feel comfortable with and we do crazy shit together but not illegal shit obv. Or feeling a sense of love or romantic feeling towards someone, that shit makes me feel so good but kinda drained at the same time lol.

I really feel alive when I listen to my favorite music , read wonderful novels , write mediocre poetry , do art and watch anime . It is nice to do all these things by myself , as I don't need other people in order to feel happy or satisfied .

The art i create.
I know that art is very subjective and to many people what i make is cheap and overdone.
But i find joy in it, even if ive had the worst day ever. My art makes me happy. But i dont talk about a lot because it makes me feel pretentious calling it art when i know im not as good as others.
I never realize how much i miss making art until i start again and i feel my heart beating again

bum

Breathing.

i feel alive when im feling emotions, it could be anything really. I mostly feel alive when im angry, dunno why but im just really exhilarated at that moment. Well, maybe its bc i feel angry a lot of the times that i only rely on that as my core emotion. But, in contrast, helping ppl also helps me feel alive. it defines who i am no matter what others say and even tho ive made mistakes and told ppl off a number of times and even if my words come out the way it shouldnt, i dont let it bother me.

When something absolutely fucks up my emotions brings me a ton of joy. I live for it when something completely obliterates me into this state of sADNESS.

Like for example, say I'm really into this book or something. And things are going great. But then, it all just goes south. Everything is screwed up for the MC and there's nothing he can do about it. Everyone is dead, he wants to die, there is nothing possibly left for him. I just... Love it so much. I love aguish in literature and feeling terrible.

By no means does this mean I gain pleasure from shootings or 9/11. No those are terrible. In real life, I can't stand it. But fictional works that screw me over? Have me feeling dread and breakdowns? You have NO clue how happy it makes me.

I'm just overcome with an emotion I rarely get to feel. Something I really struggle with having sympathy for others and being empathetic. I'm selfish and don't feel much for other people. Most of my emotion is pretty neutral aside from when I'm happy or irritated to myself. I'm never really sad though, I'm a bubbly and bright person that feeds off of my own emotion and I can't help but crave those negative feelings. The grief and sorrow that I hardly can ever find really brighten me. It reminds me that I am human and I can feel more than I do on a day to day basis. I remember that I do feel things for others. I'm just... So happy when I'm so sad.