PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS by MEAGAVARSHINI (RYLA 24.0)

INTRODUCTION

Actionable techniques can increase happiness of wellbeing, if you are in need to create greater wellbeing for yourself, to increase your own happiness, to attain life satisfaction… then this is specially for you.

What is happiness?

Happiness is the emotional state of wellbeing defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

Set Point

For a person, general tendency to feel happiness is determined by the

· Life circumstances

· Choices we make

· Behaviour we can control

“Sonia Lyubomisky suggests in her book “The How Of Happiness” that

· 10% of happiness is based on the life circumstances

· 50%of happiness is based on the choices we make

· 40% of happiness is based on the behaviour we can control

THIS means, it is all under our control. Set of choices we make every single day not only makes us happier, it also makes us more successful as well.

WHY it is worth being happy?

In general, happiness leads to success in lot of different areas because happiness is related to things such as

BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS

· CONFIDENCE

· OPTIMISM

· SOCIAL ABILITY

· BEING HELPFUL

· PHYSICAL HEALTH

These key can make way to great success.

Career success

It is said that people are not happy only by the good career. It is not only about career success, but it is also about the social success. Many studies shows that happy person have more friendships and it’s not just friends but people who offer true social support - “really good high quality social connections”.

Health – Happiest people feel physically better as the positive emotions are somehow related and associated with the immune system.

Ways To Increase Happiness

GRATITUDE EXERCISE

By simply saying thank you can make a sense of happiness and well being.

“THINK ABOUT THREE THINGS YOU ARE GREATEFUL FOR”

Giving thanks and appreciating what you have is something that leads to happiness over a time. Focusing on what you can appreciate in your life is a simple way of life fulfillment.

KINDNESS

Helping others create happiness within ourselves. It’s always about showing a small kindness to other people. It is always about giving. In this world, a small kind words mean so much to someone. But never expect in return because that is the major cause of unhappiness in the world nowadays.

Just smile

It is said that “DUCHENNE SMILE” is the real smile where it makes little crinkles here on the sides of your eyes. Live your Life finding opportunities

that displays positivity over a time. “Push yourself to find things that makes you smile which boosts your life satisfaction”. Smile also activates your face muscles.

PARADOX OF CHOICE

“BARRY SCHWARTZ “- A psychologist wrote a book ‘paradox of choice’. Schwartz and his friends found distinct types of people.

§ MAXIMIZERS

§ SATISFICERS

MAXIMIZERS are the people who choose things with lots of options, takes long time to choose a thing needed for them.

SATISFICERS are the people who gets satisfied with the first one they see or they choose from minimum number of options.

Psychologically it is proved that MAXIMIZERS are the one who is less happy than the SATISFICERS

HENCE try to have little options to choose so that you can stop placing a big pressure on your mind and have mind peace.

FORGIVENESS

FORGIVENESS the most toughest part and indeed it needs a great heart to forgive someone. “Forgiveness is a great attribute to God”

A Simple quarrel with someone has a power to destroy the attitude of you.The whole day, You may act or talk aggressive to everyone you meet . You may feel disturbed .So just forgive because whatever happened is happened -just understand it and move on. Sometimes when you forgive it ,it makes the person feel some sort of humiliation in themselves and that makes them realize their mistake. FORGIVING people keeps you with peace of mind.

“JUST FORGIVE EASILY AND MOVE ON WITH OPTIMISM”

ACCEPTANCE

LEARN to accept the situation and people as such. We always needed to have the things as we like. When you started to like what you have ,then you are the happiest person. SOMETIMES all we have to do is, to accept the situation and see the right solutions instead of worrying .“Everything happens for a reason “.

CONCLUSION

These are the ways of increasing happiness in you. JUST find your happiness & don’t put the key of happiness in someone else pocket. Just be independent in making yourself happy because no one can make you happy until you are happy with yourself. It’s your life .Make each second countable & enjoy every moment of your life.