There is no happiness set point

July 21st, 2009 John Hill

Research suggests that there is individual “set point” or “set range” for how happy someone can be. I don’t think that is the case. During my life I have had long periods of “medium low happiness” that I thought was my maximum happiness. Later when I got rid of my health issues my set point changed. I’ve also had periods of dull depression that I could have mistaken for normal state if I hadn’t been happier before.

This makes me think about people who have ALWAYS had some issue that has caused their brain to function less than optimally. They can’t know that they are less happy than they could be! Only after becoming happier they can see that they really had a problem. Read the rest of this entry »

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