What causes happiness?

This is not a philosophical article or an article that attempts to let you buy my own beliefs about happiness but it’s a one that explains why some people are happy and why some are not satisfied with their lives from a psychological point of view.

So what is real happiness? Is it being close to God? But what if a person doesn’t believe in God? (Personally I do believe because I have scientific proofs for God’s existence) but for a person who doesn’t believe in God then this approach won’t work for him/her.

Is it having a lot of money? No, money can buy happiness for some people while for others it’s considered worthless pieces of paper.

So what is happiness?

Happiness is the state you experience when you have all of your unmet needs satisfied.

Suppose that a man had no friends and no money. Every night he thinks about his loneliness and about his unpaid bills.

Now what if that man suddenly won the lottery and became rich, will he be happy? Of course not because he still has another very big unmet need which is the lack of a social life.

That’s why money can’t buy happiness for some people, because they have lots of other unmet needs that prevent them from experiencing real happiness after they get the money.

If the only unmet need you have is money then surely money will buy you happiness.

Why aren’t most of the people happy?

Unfortunately a large number of people are not even aware of their unmet needs but are only aware of the sadness they experience every day without understanding the cause to it.

Another large number of people are aware of their unmet needs but they try to act as if they are not there. In my book, The ultimate guide to getting over depression I explained how these people end up depressed after trying to deny their dreams and unmet needs.

A perfect example of those who escape are those who claim to be busy working most of the time because they have failed to achieve a good balance between social life and work. A man might fool himself by trying to convince his mind that he doesn’t have friends because he busy working or because he is not interested in knowing new people while deep inside lies depression because of having no friends. (see Lying to yourself).

If you want to be happy then you must understand yourself, know your unmet needs then fight for them instead of escaping or denying these needs. Only then you can find true happiness.

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