That's because people usually post on a forum like this when they want help or advice or just reassurance that what they are experiencing is 'normal'. Hence, the number of negative posts will always outnumber the positive ones (btw posts about favourite song lyrics/films/bar snacks are considered neutral for this arguement!).
For the purposes of informing prospective PhD students, it's good to talk about the positive side of PhD life and, obviously, there are plenty of positive things otherwise no one would ever put themselves through the stress! However, PhDs are all so different that unless you have the same supervisors, research facilities, funding, background education, topic and luck as someone else, the PhD experience will be practically incomparable. Hence some people will publish twice in their first year while other equally hard working students won't publish until after they have submitted a thesis.
Anyway, glad it's all working out for you though, enjoy the good times!