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I took a personality test about what makes me happy, and I can say that I am with the results. It described me as individualistic who finds happiness in the Environment. I'm calm but can show happiness in great measures.

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Take our quick personality test to discover what brings you real joy

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Abigail Williams has done some terrible deeds to the people of Salem. Abigail's compassion for John Proctor made her simple-minded for only his love. She did not care about the means and casualties it meant to attain it. But as a result, John Proctor stayed faithful to his wife and moral standings instead of lying because he could not live with himself if he lied. Happiness doesn't always benefit you, but doing the right thing will make you content.

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A common saying is, "Money Can't buy happiness". But that isn't necessarily the case. Money is what enables people to experience things that they haven't been able to do before. Spending money to go visit relatives, spending money to go out with friends, and spending money on things for yourself. So although money itself might not bring happiness, but it opens the gate for experiences.

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1. Endocannabinoids
(Blissful Feeling)
2. Dopamine
(Pleasure seeking, reward feeling)
3. Oxytocin
(Feeling of Affection, intimacy and love)
4. Endorphin
(Feeling during physical activity and sexual intercourse)
5. GABA
(Serenity and Calmness)
6. Serotonin
(Confidence and Self-Esteem)
7. Adrenaline
(Fight or Flight)

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Life in the human body is designed be a blissful experience. Our evolutionary biology insures that everything necessary for our survival makes us feel good. Our brain has a wellspring of self-produced neurochemicals that make us happy.

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Connection between Happiness and the Great Gatsby

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Connection between Happiness and the Great Gatsby

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Gatsby in "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is working endlessly for a life alone with Daisy, his lover. Everything that he has done, all his possessions,money and parties are all for Daisy. He doesn't do anything for his own pleasure.

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There are two types of Happiness: Hedonia and eudaimonia. Hedonia is what most people perceive happiness to be, the absence of pain and misery. People try to maximize their happiness which minimizes misery. Eudaimonia is happiness that comes from trying to become a better person. This kind of contentment is rooted in people trying to become better people and try to become more spiritually-rich.

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Humanity has given few questions more thought than, "What is happiness?" What stands between us and an answer to this deceptively complex question is the problem of subjectivity -- happiness means different things to different people. Through the course of investigation by myriad disciplines among science and the humanities, it has become clear that happiness means different things to different fields as well.

To behaviorists, happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive. To neurologists, happiness is the experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival. According to the tenets of several major religions, happiness indicates the presence of God.

Philosophers have investigated happiness more thoroughly than anyone. They've boiled the debate over happiness down to a battle between two basic views, hedonia and eudaimonia. The former, hedonia, is arguably the more famous (or notorious) of the two, though both find their roots in classical Greek philosophy.

The hedonistic view of well-being is that happiness is the polar opposite of suffering; the presence of happiness indicates the absence of pain. Because of this, hedonists believe that the purpose of life is to maximize happiness, which minimizes misery. Over the years, hedonism has developed something of a bad image, as its focus is on propagating pleasure through any means available, including sexuality, excessive consumption, alcohol, drugs and other targets of religious and societal scorn [source: Waterman].

On the other side of the debate is eudaimonia, a term that combines the Greek words for "good" and "spirit" to describe the ideology. Eudaimonia defines happiness as the pursuit of becoming a better person. Eudaimonists do this by challenging themselves intellectually or by engaging in activities that make them spiritually richer people.

The distinction between the two comes down to whether happiness is a destination (the hedonic view) or a journey (the eudaimonic philosophy). Put another way, hedonism is the belief that happiness is derived externally, while eudaimonism expresses the idea that happiness comes from within.

Although at first glance, it would seem that the apparently nobler eudaimonia should triumph over hedonism as the proper explanation for happiness. After all, under eudaimonia, acts of generosity, kindness toward others and cultivating natural talents are prized over pursuits that produce the fleeting happiness associated with hedonism, like accumulating wealth. But it's here that we arrive at a paradox, and the reason neither hedonia nor eudaimonia have managed to claim victory as the explanation for happiness: To be generous toward others, mustn't one first accumulate some sort of wealth? Having the money the hedonist may prize can lead to the generosity the eudaimonist treasures [source: Konow and Earley].

Perhaps the distinction of what constitutes happiness should be left to the individual. After all, anxiety, a contradiction to happiness, might surface when you don't follow your own values -- whatever they may be. As the philosopher Albert Camus put it, "But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?" [source: Thinkexist].

Related Articles

Sources

BLTC. "The Cyrenaics and the origin of hedonism." Hedonism.org. Accessed August 19, 2010. http://www.hedonism.org/hedonism.htm

Deci, Edward L. and Ryan, Richard M. "Hedonia, eudaimonia, well-being: an introduction." Journal of Happiness Studies. January 2008.http://www.springerlink.com/content/f876631212487275/

Eudaimonia.com. "Defined:" Accessed August 18, 2010.http://www.eudaimonia.com/

Konow, James and Earley, Joseph. "The hedonistic paradox: is homo economicus happier?" Journal of Public Economics. February 2008.http://myweb.lmu.edu/jkonow/hedonistic%20paradox.pdf

Razzaque, Russell. "What is happiness?" Technorati. March 22, 2010. http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/what-is-happiness/

Thinkexist. "Albert Camus quotes." Accessed August 19, 2010. http://thinkexist.com/quotation/but_what_is_happiness_except_the_simple_harmony/220979.html

Waterman, Alan S. "On the importance of distinguishing hedonia and eudaimonia when contemplating the hedonic treadmill." American Psychologist. September 2007. http://ebtnews.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/eudaimonia.pdf

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Humanity has given few questions more thought than, "What is happiness?" What stands between us and an answer to this deceptively complex question is the problem of subjectivity -- happiness means different things to different people. Through the course of investigation by myriad disciplines among science and the humanities, it has become clear that happiness means different things to different fields as well.

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This video by BBC Learning explains what makes you happy and how it does.

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Something that makes me happy are my video games. I like to spend my free time playing video games such as Super Smash Bros. and Street Fighter. My favorite genre of games is fighting because not one is the same, they are all different in unique ways.

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1. Relationships
-People with strong relationships were found happier because they have people they trust
2.Time
-People who prefer to have more time than money are found to be more content with life
3.Money
-People's well being rises along with their income levels(typically $75,000 and up.)
4.Reflecting on life
-People who reflect on their lives feel more satisfied about things that they have done.
5.Kindness
-Acts of Kindness typically make people happier knowing that they make other people happy.
6.Exercise
-Exercise releases hormones that make people happy
7.Fun
-Experiences bring more satisfaction than materialistic things.
8.Present
-Being present makes people happy since they take time to enjoy the moment.
9.Time
-Time well spent with people you love creates bonds and memories that you can cherish forever.

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Everybody wants to be happy.

That's why the science of happiness has gained more attention in recent years -researchers have started to produce reports on happiness around the globe, and positive psychology, which focuses on what makes individuals and communities thrive, has skyrocketed in popularity.

At this point, we actually know a fair amount about how certain behaviours, attitudes, and choices relate to happiness, though most research on the topic can only find correlations.

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Researchers think that roughly 40 percent of our happiness is under our own control; the rest is determined by genetics and external factors. That means there's a lot we can do to control our own happiness.

Here are nine happiness-promoting behaviours backed by science.

1. Relationships are essential. A major study followed hundreds of men for more than 70 years, and found the happiest (and healthiest) were those who cultivated strong relationships with people they trusted to support them.
Source: The Harvard Study of Adult Development
2. Time beats money. A number of studies have shown that happier people prefer to have more time in their lives than more money. Even trying to approach life from that mindset seems to make people more content.
Source: Business Insider
3. But it helps to have enough money to pay the bills. People's well-being rises along with income levels up to an annual salary of about $75,000, studies have found. (That number probably varies depending on your cost of living, however.)
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
4. It's worth stopping to smell the roses. People who slow down to reflect on good things in their lives report being more satisfied.
Source: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 5. Acts of kindness boost the mood. Give your friends a ride to the airport or spend an afternoon volunteering. Some research has shown that people who perform such acts report being happier. Source: Review of General Psychology
6. Breaking a sweat is about more than burning calories. Studies show that increased levels of physical activity are connected to higher levels of happiness. Exercise tends to help mitigate the symptoms of some mental illnesses as well.
Sources: American Psychological Association, BMC Public Health
7. Fun is more valuable than material items. People tend to be happier if they spend their money on experiences instead of things. Researchers have also found that buying things that allow you to have experiences - like rock climbing shoes or a new book to read - can also increase happiness.

Sources: Social Psychology Bulletin
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Science says happier people have these 9 things in common

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Everybody wants to be happy. That's why the science of happiness has gained more attention in recent years -researchers have started to produce reports on happiness around the globe, and positive psychology, which focuses on what makes individuals and communities thrive, has skyrocketed in popularity.

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IT all depends on who you hear it from. To behaviorists, happiness is a cocktail of emotions we experience when we do something good or positive. To neurologists, happiness is the experience of a flood of hormones released in the brain as a reward for behavior that prolongs survival.