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arguewithatree  ·  3029 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to be Perfectly Unhappy

I took a class on the psychology of happiness and we looked at the concept of "permanent happiness" as a reason why a lot of Americans don't consider themselves happy. If you reached "happiness" and then just plateaued forever, that would be a pretty shit existence. The class focused a lot on meditation and gratitude as a means of creating a longer period of happiness but obviously it's not going to stave off the low feelings we get sometimes.