24 Nov 8 Facts About Happiness That Improve Your Mental Health
Everyone would like to experience more happiness.
But many people misunderstand happiness.
Understanding what happiness really is, and isn’t, is an important way to enjoy more positive emotion.
This great article via PsyBlog is a great place to start if you’d like to clarify some of the more common issues …
Facts about happiness reveal the thoughts and behaviours that are proven to make people happier.
People taught the basics of happiness science consistently report better mental health, research finds.
University students who did an online ‘Science of Happiness’ course fared better mentally than their peers who did not take the course, the study found (Hobbs et al., 2022).
Facts about happiness
There is a longer description of the study at the bottom of this article, but here are the facts about happiness taught on the course, (relevant studies are linked):
It is based on the latest research into the thoughts and behaviours that are proven to make people happier.
- Talking to strangers makes us happier, despite a majority of us shying away from such encounters (see: why you should talk to strangers).
- Social media is not bad for everyone, but it can be bad for those who focus on their reputation (1, 2)…
… keep reading the full & original article HERE