I believe a healthy hobby equals a happy person. There are a ton of bad hobbies out there for someone to choose from. Whether that hobby be getting blacked out drunk and passing out anywhere and everywhere. Participating in illegal activity is another popular hobby. I am no angel. When it comes to choosing a healthy hobby. I am not one to judge. I have participated in things unthinkable to some people. I have done the drugs, illegal activity, disrespectful acts against people. These hobbies got me nowhere, except in trouble. I found a hobby for myself. I do this hobby at least three times per week. I chose skateboarding as my healthy hobby. This hobby alone has kept me sane at times. Times when others would crack and do things they later regret. From popping pills to skateboarding. This has been one of the best thing for me. I simple hobby saving my life. The drugs seemed like a fantastic hobby for myself. I was at a low point in my life. I was never happy, and the drugs helped. The drugs helped until the high was nowhere to be found. This back and fourth game at the time did not seem harmful. I would be awake all night. Just so I could find my next fix. The happy feeling I once got from all of this disappeared. What I thought was once making me happy actually was bringing me down. Further down I got. The worst drugs started to make an appearance in my life. I was constantly using and using a lot. Needles, snorting,smoking and crushing was my daily ritual. The drug use turned into just trying to not get dope sick. Happiness was nowhere to be found at this point in my life. I weighed 90 pounds during my drugs use. Thinking no one could notice I was tweaking out, or nodding out. I thought I was hiding ... ... middle of paper ... ...was not only feeling better, but had a support system behind me now. These positive things all came from starting to skate again. I was not forcing a smile anymore. I constantly had a genuine smile now. I went from doing drugs and stealing to smiling. I thought I needed these things to make me happy. What I really needed was a positive hobby. I needed something that I knew I could progress in. I needed something I knew could brighten up my day. Even when I felt like the world was crashing down on me. This positive hobby had enough power to bring my loved ones back around. Having the ones I loved back in my life, was the last block to the pyramid of happiness. All of this just from a simple hobby that is positive and brings me happiness. Skateboarding has saved my life. I believe a healthy/positive hobby will bring you life long happiness.
wanted and take my mind out of the world that I lived in. Whether it was a certain activity I was
Many members of our society have sculpted their listeners into fooling their selves into believing that there are only two types of “happy”, happy or depressed. This leads to individuals suppressing their problems or believing they are suffering from a chronic illness when sadness is just a natural emotion that a person faces throughout their lifetime. Begley mimics “get over it: take a pill” (558). When living in a world where not being “happy” can provoke your friends and family to encourage drug use or choose to decline spending time with you until you are “happy again may cause many people to not even tell someone they are having problems which can result in the sadness to increase. It is soothing to know not all experts would say you are sick and need help just for an ordinary feeling. A lay reader that has no idea of what most psychologist feels about the evading happiness situation, may have thought all professionals insist on everyone being happy even when they have no desire
Depression brings people down to a joyless state in which they do not see the positive side of any concept. However, with proper medications and treatments, they can be brought back to normal emotion levels. Lets begin by giving the description given in the DSM-IV-TR on Major Depressive Disorder. The DSM states “five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change from previous functioning; at least one of the symptoms is either (1) depressed mood or (2) loss of interest or pleasure.” (APA, 2000) The American Psychiatric Association also states that the symptoms do not include those symptoms, which are due to a general medical condition or hallucinations or mood-incongruent delusions. The symptoms that the DSM discusses are the following:
Disney shows and shows similar to such have taught us from a young age the concept of “happily ever after". This is a fairy-tale of absolute happiness. It is a state of feeling good all the time. In fairy tales, this feeling is usually found in fulfilling marriages, royal castles, singing birds and laughing children. In real life sometimes finding that happiness isn’t as easy as a fairy tale makes it look like. Research suggests that if you focus too much on trying to feel good all the time, you’ll actually undermine your ability to ever feel good because no amount of feeling good will be satisfying to you, that is when you become a perfectionist. If feeling good all the time were the only requirement for happiness, then a person who uses cocaine every day would be extremely happy receiving the same euphoria or natural happiness. Natural happiness is what we get when we get what we wanted, and synthetic happiness is what we make when we
That being said, drugs and alcohol, can cause ones to lose their lifestyle and even their loved ones. Using and abusing drugs and alcohol can also lead to addiction. This creates a whole different empire in one’s life. Some may even steal, lie and cheat, just to obtain their ability to get there next fix. Sometimes getting their next fix can even create a door way to putting them in jail or prison. Even to the point of no return, this could create the loss of one’s own
`I was only purely happy until I was nine years old. After that - in spite of the girl scouts and piano lessons.
...le gains in happiness: Change your actions, not your circumstances. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7(1), 55-86. doi:10.1007/s10902-005-0868-8
... I could see that part of me that caused me harm was starting to show itself and I would act, clearing my mind completely before anything could take hold. As well as eradicating negativity, I also forced my mind into happiness through focus and meditation.
The greatest joy I’ve ever experienced was when I realized that I had achieved what I told my doctors I was going to do. I told my doctor when I first went to see her that I was not going to be on this medication for the rest of my life. Just recently I called my doctor and told her that I wanted to get off my anxiety medication, for reasons that ...
Everyday choices and habits affect the wellbeing of humans. Recent research documents the unique habits of the people who are happiest in life. According to the data of scientist and professor of psychology at George Mason University, Todd Kashdan, “activities that lead us to feel uncertainty, discomfort, and even a dash of guilt are associated with some of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences of people’s lives” (Kashdan). Therefore, happy people “engage in a wide range of counterintuitive habits that seem, well, downright unhappy” (Kashdan). Essentially happy people take more risks. They have the knowledge that by taking these risks, they can learn how to manage uncomfortable feelings in life. Many people are averse to risk and things that make them uncertain. However, by taking risks and trying new things one experiences personal growth and feel positive emotions which can lead to a more positive mindset. Examples of these actions improving overall/genuine happiness can be anything from trying an odd, new food to leaving the country for volunteer work. While someone might feel nervous at first, many of these risks will end up working out well in the end. You never know what may come out of a new experience and this is a primary reason why taking risks can lead to positive emotions. Through risk taking, genuine happiness will increase as lasting memories are created and a shift occurs toward a more positive, open mindset for the
Everybody has different hobbies that he or she would like to do for fun or relaxation. They can be either physical activities like jogging, football, swimming, skateboarding… or mental activities like reading, watching movies, playing computers… and depend on each personality. For me, soccer is my hobby because it’s part of my life and I cannot live without it.
When we are young children, we are introduced to the concept of "living happily ever after". This is a fairy-tale emotional state of absolute happiness, where nothing really happens, and nothing even seems to matter. It is a state of feeling good all the time. In fairy tales, this feeling is usually found in fulfilling marriages, royal castles, singing birds and laughing children. In real life, an even-keeled mood is more psychologically healthy than a mood in which you frequently achieve great heights of happiness. Furthermore, when you ask people what makes their lives worth living, they rarely mention their mood. They are more likely to talk about what they find meaningful, such as their work or relationships. Research suggests that if you focus too much on trying to feel good all the time, you’ll actually undermine your ability to ever feel good because no amount of feeling good will be satisfying to you. If feeling good all the time were the only requirement for happiness, then a person who uses cocaine every day would be extremely happy. In our endless struggle for more money, more love and more security, we have forgotten the most fundamental fact: happiness is not caused by possessions or social positions, and can in fact be experienced in any daily activity. We have made happiness a utopia: expensive, complicated, and unreachable.
...of my life, such as family, school, and work. Suddenly I was easily succeeding in all these areas, where as I had always struggled with them in the past. My health was better than it had ever been before which kept me from having to make visits to see the doctor, let alone the emergency room. I also had money saved up that would have previously been spent on fast food, cigarettes, and drinks at the bar.
Five years ago today I was at one of the lowest points in my life. In my eyes, I was living the dream when in reality I was digging myself a deeper hole. From the time I woke up until the time I was sleeping I was fiending to be high and my days consisted of planning out how I was going to get high next. I was making a lot of bad choices with long term consequences, all the while, the only future I could see was the next weekend. Within five years I have gone through so many growing pains but they have kept me sober for three years. I am the person that usually does not look forward to change, but the trials that forced me to become a better person have helped me step out of my comfort zone and embrace that transition. The transformation that
From my point of view, being in a good mood anytime and anywhere is the first thing for those who want to be happy. There is an old saying going like this" happy is he who is content" l can't agree with it any more. I still remember a story my mother told me when I was a child. A millionaire tried every means to seek after pleasure but to feel unhappy, it's not unique, but has its counterpart that poor man to whose name not having a thing always feel happy. Why are they so different? The answer is that the rich is being thinking how he can gain more while the poor is satisfied with what he owns at hand- health, freedom, love and so