Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Social Dependance For Sanity

Something intresting that I touched upon while studing psychology.
It is not health, nor is it monitary status, not even age determines a person's ability to be happy.
It's simply their social interactions, if any.

The more social you are, and the higher quality of individuals around you (according to your own opinion, of cource.) The happier you'll be.
It's funny how they could make that distinction, and it somehow rings truth to the phrase "money doesn't bring happiness." Well, according to these studies it doesn't. And sadly, I'm forced to agree due to my own experience.

Why is it exactly that we depend on others to be happy?
Not solely, of cource since inner happiness can be attained by the simplest of acceptances.
But why do we rely so heavily on the presence of others to be tension free?
Normally, these individuals that we will place around ourselves will only cause us more dissonance rather than free us from it.

It's a question I cannot answer myself.
But food for thought isn't it?

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