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"Aversion to happiness across Cultures: A Review of Where and Why People Are Averse to happiness" "the belief that happiness causes, or is likely to be followed by, unhappiness is also present" "happiness, understood as satisfaction, can also be expressed in less physically obvious ways"
"Aversion to happiness across Cultures: A Review of Where and Why People Are Averse to happiness" "the belief that happiness causes, or is likely to be followed by, unhappiness is also present" "happiness, understood as satisfaction, can also be expressed in less physically obvious ways"
"Aversion to happiness across Cultures: A Review of Where and Why People Are Averse to happiness" "the belief that happiness causes, or is likely to be followed by, unhappiness is also present" "happiness, understood as satisfaction, can also be expressed in less physically obvious ways"
Citation: Joshanloo, Mohsen and Weijers, Dan. "Aversion to Happiness across Cultures: A Review of Where and Why People Are Averse to Happiness 2015. Pursuing Happiness: A Bedford Spotlight Reader. Place of Publication Not Identified: Bedford Bks St Martin'S, 2015. 267-79. Print.
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Indeed, Western culture and psychology
seem to take for granted that happiness is one of the most important values guiding individuals lives. p.267
People nowadays are always looking for
things that they want like money or the latest gaming system, yet they forget to try to find what truly makes them happy.
Contrary to this Western view, our survey of
some less-studied aspects of various cultures reveals that many individuals possess negative views about happiness, and are sometimes averse to it. p. 268
Some people think that doing anything that
isnt productive is a waste of time and they usually think they just need money and thats happiness.
The belief that happiness causes, or is
likely to be followed by, unhappiness is also present.. p. 269
This was something that I honestly still have a
problem with, simply because so many bad things have happened as soon after something amazing happens.
some individuals are afraid of certain
I get the feeling of not wanting to have good affects, including positive effects, particularly things happen to you. Like I stated before Ive when they are strong. p. 270 had bad things happen to me right after good things happen so for a while I didnt want to do anything that would have a positive reward to it. some individuals and some cultures tend I can see why some people think this. People to believe that happiness is worthy of often times let things go to their head and aversion because being happy can make become very rude to everyone they talk to. someone a worse person (both morally and otherwise) p. 271
Happiness, understood as satisfaction, can
also be expressed, albeit in less physically obvious ways, such as demonstrating unflappable smugness when questioned about ones life. p. 273
Everyone expresses their feelings in their
own unique way. Some people react in the complete opposite manner than what theyre actually feeling.
highly materialistically oriented and selfcentered ideology is flowed because it
leaves little room for other personal values p. 275
People are too worried about things instead
of focusing on experiences that let people find who they really are.
arguing that the pursuit of happiness
embodied in the American Dream is a wild goose chase that is bad for us because it diverts us from the path to authentic happinessp. 276
I personally believe that if youre content with
how your life is going, then that person has the right to keep living their life how theyre happy