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A researcher on how to live a happy life
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#13Once was depressed in university so wrote this on happiness. Helps me to look back on. One 'good' thing about depression is it gives you a reference point of how bad it can get. Sadly what solved the depression for me was an external event (getting out of uni and getting a job). https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/life/happiness
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#14Man does not desire happiness. Only the Englishman does. -- Nietzsche
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#15[1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/acceptance-...
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#16For me, I have become happier in the moment via insight meditation, which focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without action or reaction. Part of the wisdom of meditation lies in the following: There is baggage we all carry, the self, this belief we're the center of it all, the author of (and subservient to) our own thoughts. How do I stop doing what makes me unhappy, if that's "who I am"? But, in reality, I ca…
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#17Once was depressed in university so wrote this on happiness. Helps me to look back on. One 'good' thing about depression is it gives you a reference point of how bad it can get. Sadly what solved the depression for me was an external event (getting out of uni and getting a job). https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/life/happiness
Why is that sad? Situational depression is the best of many bad options as it’s the case where a badly needed change can actually have outsized impact.
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#18I think these are bad tips to be honest. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - really? People in countries where psychotherapy is not as prevalent as in the US aren't necessarily unhappier I think. Some occupations have earned their bad reputation. My opinion. I am not happy with it, but generally quite happy I believe. I don't feel too happy about changing my prejudice towards this field. Appreciation of what you have is…
I do agree that open-ended talk therapy seems like a waste of time.