Psychology Help Today

“Psychological research has shown something else about “getting” or “achieving” some external, circumstantial state as the path to happiness.  It does not last.   It has a short shelf life.  So, not only do our circumstances and achievements account for only a small percentage of our happiness, but even what they are able to contribute evaporates pretty quickly.  Why? “It seems that there is some sort of “set point” to our level of happiness that we carry around, almost like a thermostat.  Let’s ay your set point from factors other than circumstances is at 70.  Then you get that new house, and you jump to 80 or, for a day, to what feels like 100!  This happens, for instance, when people first fall in love with the persons of their dreams.  They may even exceed 100 in that initial state.  (That explains a lot of crazy behavior.)  But whether it in the house, the raise, or the relationship, what research has shown us is that...