Honestly I don't think I've ever really been above a 6 in my entire life.
Right now, I'd say I'm probably at a 2 or 3. The thing is I don't really have much to complain about, and if you asked friends, or coworkers, I bet they would all put me at a 7 minimum. I have a good stable job, that I don't despise (I don't love it either), friends, great wife, great family, awesome parents, several hobbies, decent finanical position, health is pretty good as well.
Things definitely aren't perfect, but overall there's no reason I should always be low. I don't present that way, I even mentioned to a family member once that I "was" very depressed at one point in my life and they didn't believe me.
I go out a lot, to various events, but there's just something I've never been able to shake. Constant, never ending negative thoughts about myself is one of the things I've been trying to work on. It doesn't make much sense.
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