The How of Happiness and Wellbeing

Authors

  • Rahul Bansal Subharti Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2019.v31i04.002

Keywords:

HAPPINESS

Abstract

The concept of happiness is unique to an individual. Everybody gets happy for different reasons. There is a large body of research on happiness and there are many well written books on happiness by internationally known psychologists and other experts.

Though everybody is seeking happiness in his/her own way very few people seem to be genuinely happy on a long term basis. Mihaly csikszentmihalyi well known psychologist for his international best seller “Flow – The psychology of optimal experience” has nicely explained this paradox in following words -

“Despite the fact that we are now healthier and grow to be older despite the fact that even the least affluent among us are surrounded by material luxuries undreamed of even a few decades ago (there were few bathrooms in the palace of the Sun King, chairs were rare even in the richest medieval houses, and no Roman emperor could turn on a TV set when he was bored), and regardless of all the stupendous scientific knowledge we can summon at will, people often end up feeling that their lives have been wasted, that instead of being filled with happiness their years were spent in anxiety and boredom1”.    

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References

Mihaly csikszentmihalyi. Happiness revisited. Mihaly csikszentmihalyi(ed). Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York. Harper perennial modern classics. 2008; p. 1.

K. Park. Mental health. K. Park(ed). Park’s Textbook of preventive and social medicine. 23rd edition. Jabalpur. M/s Banarsidas Bhanont. 2015; p. 831.

Sonja Lyubomirsky. Discovering the real keys to happiness. Sonja Lyubomirsky(ed). The How of Happiness – A New Approach to Getting the Life you Want. U.S.A. Penguin Book.2008; p.20-24.

Mihaly csikszentmihalyi. The Anatomy of conciousness. Mihaly csikszentmihalyi(ed). Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York. Harper perennial modern classics. 2008; p. 41.

Mihaly csikszentmihalyi. Cheating Chaos. Mihaly csikszentmihalyi(ed). Flow - The Psychology of Optimal Experience. New York. Harper perennial modern classics. 2008; p. 208-213.

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Published

2019-12-31

How to Cite

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Bansal R. The How of Happiness and Wellbeing. Indian J Community Health [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 7];31(4):431-2. Available from: https://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/1306

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