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Happiness and Health
Dr. Anu Mehta
Happiness
Hap= Luck
Happ= by chance
Happy= Luck +Y= Lucky
Ness= Nose = State Off
State Of Feeling Lucky
HAPPINESS IS A RATIO OF
POSITIVE TO NEGATIVE FEELING
Everything depends
on state of happiness
and unhappiness
Safe
confident
co-operate easily
tolerant
positive
socially connected
live energised
healthier
satisfied life creative
playful
when you are Happy
smile more
stay happy married for a longer time
earn more moneybetter relationships
better self-image
hope for better future
helpful
more satisfied
GOOD FEEL,DO GOOD
PHENOMENA
DO A RANDOM
ACT OF KINDNESS
Emotional ups and downs
Emotional ups and downsAdam Kramer, one of the three Facebook data scientists who wrote a controversial study that proved that positive and negative moods can be transferred across the social network ,
In the experiment , Facebook tweaked the algorithms of nearly 700,000 unwitting Facebook users, causing people to see an abnormally low number of either positive or negative posts. People who saw more negative posts would write more negative posts themselves, and vice versa, proving that their mood was being affected by the kinds of things they were reading on Facebook.
Emotional ups and downs
Adam Kramer, found that most positive day were
Friday
Saturday
Emotional ups and downs
Adam Kramer, found that in long run our emotional ups and downs balance out
Emotional ups and downs
Adam Kramer, found that in positive
emotions rise over early and middle part of
most of the days and then it drops off
Water in it’s stable form
We all want to unite and congregate with a companion and create marriage, family, nation.
At the end there has to be enjoyment and satisfaction in marriage, family,
nation, career, which then create inner peace
PEACE IS
LOST
HAPPINESS IS
LOST
EMOTIONAL DESTRESS - UDIN
Mood downers
ARGUMENT
A Sick Child
A car Breakdown
ABUSE
Conscious Mind Subconscious Mind
What I want?
Why I want?
How I want?
When I will get ?
Command Execution of action
GLOOM LIFTS
and people
return back to normal
state of day-to-day
Happiness
You will gradually start
thinking of other things
and the more you think of
other things, the less
miserable you are
We overestimate our emotions and underestimate our ability to adapt
Do you think you
would be happier if
you made more money?
Research shows
73% said Yes, They
would be happier if they
made more money .
Q]How important is it to be financially well off?
A] Very Important
Top two main objectives
Family
Money
WEALTHco-relates to
To a point
Happier
less struggle
enjoy better health
greater wellbeing
enough money can buy
hunger and hopelessness
Australians are three times richer than their parents
and grandparents were in 1950s, but they are not happier
Once we have enough money for comfort & security
piling up more money losses meaning, but it does
less to increase our feeling of happiness
Raising low income group increase happiness
than raising high incomes
Economic growth in affluent countries has provided no apparent boost to morale or social well being
These are the people who have lower well being
Hard working people were earning money
to prove themselves
gain power
showoff
Sadly they may not support families
or create increase in intimacy
or personal growth
or help in contributing to community
What pulls our happiness away from us?
Why is it that more money cannot stop us
from feeling our highs and lows?
ADAPTATION
COMPARISION
HAPPINESS IS RELATIVE TO OUR EXPERIENCE
We compare
everything to
our past
We adjust our level
or events being neither
too unpleasant or pleasant
to reach our neutral level.
After this we react to
variations
I am feeling
very hot i am feeling cold
its great
it not
cold not
hot
Reality - its 32 Degree C
increase in
Income level
or
academic excellence
or
social prestige
Increase
initial feeling of
pleasure
This level
becomes the
new normal
WE NEED
SOMETHING
BETTER
TO FEEL
HAPPY
ADAPTATION
Can we create a perfect and permanent social paradise?
Answer is NO
What if you woke up to experience- a wind fall?
Will you permanently feel elated?
NO BILLS
NO ILLS
PERFECT SCORES
SOMEONE WHO LOVES YOU UNRESERVEDLY
you will be elated,
after which feel
neutral.
If things are better
than expected,then
you will be in
gratitude
If things fall
below your
expectations then you
will feel
deprived and
dissatisfied
THUS THE FEELING OF SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION
SUCCESS AND FAILURE ARE JUDGMENTS
MADE BASED ON PRIOR EXPERIENCE
COMPARISION
RELATIVE DEPREVATION
Happiness is relative
to other’s success.
We are
constantly
comparing
ourselves to
others
Smarter
clumsy
We feel we are worse than
people we compare
ourselves
with
MANY SOLDIERS GOT PROMOTIONS
this created frustration among
soldiers who did not get promoted
WORLD WAR II
He won 10 year contract of
275 million dollars
How do you think others felt?
Alex Rodriguez
Baseball
Lower class Middle class
Upper middle class Upper Class
???????
We
compare
ourselves
to
people
below
and
above
us
Beggars don’t envy
millionaires, though
they will envy other
beggars who are
more
successful
We cannot get
away
from envy by
means of
success alone,
for there
will always be
in history or
legend
someone even
more
successful
than us
Predictors of Happiness
Why are some people happy
always
and some so sad always
Realise that enduring
happiness may not come
from financial success
Take control
of your time
Seek work and leisure
that engage your
Join the movement- exercise
Give your body sleep it wants
Give priority
to close
relationships
Focus beyond self
Count your blessings
and
record your
Nurture your spiritual self