The Science of Happiness

One is not born into the world to do everything but to do something

.........Henry David Thoreau

Happiness  is your responsibility, we have no right to consume happiness 

without producing it.

Japanese Psychiatrist Akiyoshi Kitaoka created images designed to help 

viewers of the images determine their state of mind. Essentially, if you 

look at these images and they appear to be still (RELAXED), moving slowly 

(MID-STRESS) and faster moving around (HI-STRESS). Your result???

There seems to be more than one way to view happiness, let’s review 

it in relation to stress.

A useful working definition of stress is

You are exposed to a threat that would normally call for action to correct 

it, You are either prevented from taking action or you take an action that 

is ineffective. As a result the threat remains

Useful Technique:

You can diffuse situations via physical contact with another person, 

holding hands, hugging...

Making friends with someone who is interested in you, who will empathize 

and listen

Deep abdominal breathing relieves anxiety and makes it easier to cope 

with tension

Houseplants and pets help reduce psychological stress

Music preferably instrumentals, because lyrics could stimulate  

cognitive activity. Most effective with dimmed lights

Writing down your worries, accepting problems you can’t change and 

finding solutions for those you can control

Truly successful people are not overburdened by stress. Largely because 

they perceive stress as an opportunity to learn and invest in altruism, 

recognizing the need to see beyond their personal needs and devote time 

to helping others.

Research has shown that attitude towards self and the world is the key 

to managing stress. So enjoying the moment can free your mind from 

concerns and tensions.

Social Isolation is a threat to health and longevity with higher mortality 

than smokers, obese and hypertensive. An Ohio State University study found 

that spouses in bad marriages have drastically suppressed immune system.

According to Guthrie and Picciano, emotional stress such as fear, anxiety 

and anger increase the secretion of adrenaline. If stress continues for any 

length of time, the adrenal glands also increase their output of the steroid 

hormone, cortisol from the outer cortex. Cortisol hormone is known to 

suppress  the immune function.

Acute and prolong stress can result in a number of symptoms.

Useful Techniques

Thought Awareness is the process by which you observe your thought and 

Rational Thinking is a technique that helps you to challenge these negative 

thoughts to either learn from them or refute them as incorrect.

From Fullness, comes Fullness yet Fullness Remains........Stay Happy

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