So in any case , I began doing some research about unhappiness , depression , suicide and basically how to find my way out of the depths of despair and very , very slowly and gradually over the years through that research . And by applying a lot of the principles , I eventually found my way to increasing levels of happiness . Can you remember what the first step was that you took ?
Nice to meet you . Is it like a switch that can be turned on and off happiness positivity ? You know , it's a good way of putting absolutely , you know , we're born with a genetic predisposition for happiness or unhappiness , but it's totally changeable and malleable .
You know , it's a good way of putting absolutely , you know , we're born with a genetic predisposition for happiness or unhappiness , but it's totally changeable and malleable . Unlike hair color or eye color , you can change your happiness level . So , absolutely .
Yeah . In short , it's the study of uh in science of happiness , you know . So most psychology , historically like business as usual psychology was really focused on what's wrong with people .
For most of us , even those of us who don't consider ourselves very resilient . And lots of what we learned , you know , through the science of positive psychology is that you can learn to be more optimistic . It's an optimistic explanatory style .
