Eassy On Happiness

Are people supposed to be happy 100 percent of the time? While happiness is a key to living healthy, other emotions play a big role in individuals’ well­being such as: sadness, fear, anger, anxiety, and guilt. Being happy boosts one’s self­esteem, while being sad often makes one feel hopeless. People need to embrace their emotions rather than trying to conceal them. Everyone experiences different emotions, including: sadness, anger, fear, anxiety, and guilt at some point in their lives. In the article “Don’t Worry, Be Gloomy” by Susan David, PhD states that, “No one likes to be cranky, but it turns out the “negative” feelings have a slew of surprising perks” (David 122). While being happy gives people a sense of meaning, being sad can have

David also tells us that being excessively happy could do so much as kill an individual. What exactly is happiness and what does it do? As quoted in the article “A Critique of Positive Psychology” by author Richard Schoch, Richard Layard states that “Happiness can be measured” (Schoch 453). Many scientists think they know exactly what happiness is, but happiness is simply just a sense of feeling good. Often a scientist tend to over complicate the meaning of

We can ask their friends or observers for an independent assessment. ...we can now take measurements of the electrical activity in the relevant part of a person’s brain” (Schoch 453) Scientist do many experiments on a person to find their state of emotion. Most studies appear to measure or have the ability to measure the happiness level of an individual, but the other factors that impact one’s happiness cannot be measured or calculated. In today’s society, it is almost normal to take medicine for depression or anxiety. In many cases, teens’ parents push them into counseling to deal with mental illnesses. In the article “Happiness: Enough Already”, Sharon Begley states that “What was once considered to be normal sadness is something to be smothered, even shunned.” When depression or anxiety is considered, many people try to hide it instead of embracing it. People often try to conceal the fact that they are struggling with depression or anxiety by taking medicine or going to a counselor. The only way out of depression is to accept the fact that you are depressed. “Although 85 percent of Americans say they’re pretty happy, the happiness industry sends the insistent message that moderate levels of well­being