The Science of Happiness Are you happy?

The Science of Happiness Are you happy? 

Many people say they feel happier during the holidays.

But I'm not happy.

I saw two sisters interview "Giggle Twins," two sisters who were so happy all the time. A film crew found them annoying to be around. The twins laughed all the time.

It wasn't because of anything their parents did. The girls were separated at birth and didn't meet until they were in their 30s.

"Probably 50% of happiness is genetic," says twins researcher Thomas Bouchard.

Other research with brain scans shows babies who smile a lot usually have more electrical activity in their left prefrontal cortex.

I volunteered for a scan.

My brain scan showed less activity in that part of my brain I point out.

"You need to find what works for you,"

"Depends upon different for different people."

 the list were activities I do often, like using social media.

"We're not crazy," 

"We're doing it because we think we get something out of it."

"There's pretty good evidence of harm from smartphone use," she replies. (Especially for girls using Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram.)

"There is an study where we ask people to give up their smartphones as much as they can, over eight days," 

 "People who did reported being more satisfied with their life, more present and attentive, less lonely, less stressed out."

Several researchers study says 

 the happiest people in the world are people who live in forest or ruler areas. That surprised me because they live relatively primitive lives, giving up not just things like cellphones.

People who doesn't required any  material thing's  obviously, are religious. Religious spiritual people are happier," 

Maybe that's a reason people report being happier around festivals

A Definition of Happiness

happiness is understood as the positive emotions we have in regards to the pleasurable activities we take part in through our daily lives.

Pleasure, comfort, gratitude, hope, and inspiration are examples of positive emotions that increase our happiness and move us to flourish. In scientific literature, happiness is referred to as hedonia (Ryan & Deci, 2001), the presence of positive emotions and the absence of negative emotions.

Research on happiness over the years has found that there are some contributing correlational factors that affect our happiness. 

1) Personality Type

2) Attitude towards Physical Health

3) Positive Emotions versus 

4) Negative Emotions

5) Social Class and Wealth

6) Attachment and Relatedness

7) Goals and Self-Efficacy

8) Time and Place.