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Can happiness be a problem?

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Greetings fellow Earthlings!

I hope you are enjoying your time here on the forum today.

Here's an interesting article at the Greater Good website -

In recent years, we’ve seen an explosion of scientific research revealing precisely how positive feelings like happiness are good for us. We know that they motivate us to pursue important goals and overcome obstacles, protect us from some effects of stress, connect us closely with other people, and even stave off physical and mental ailments.

This has made happiness pretty trendy. The science of happiness made the covers of Time, Oprah, and even The Economist, and it has spawned a small industry of motivational speakers, psychotherapists, and research enterprises. This website, Greater Good, features roughly 400 articles about happiness, and its parenting blog is specifically about raising happy children.

For the remainder of that article click below -

Four Ways Happiness Can Hurt You

Enjoy your browsing!
 

mikkel_the_dane

My own religion
Can happiness be a problem?

Well, yes, in some cases if the expectations are unrealistic.. It is the differences between happy, content and coping.
 
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