Psychology
of
Happiness
The journey is now available to everyone
Juan Moisés de la Serna
Translator: Ana María Carrizosa De Narvaez
Tektime editorial
2019
“Psychology of Happiness: The journey is now available to everyone”
Written by Juan Moisés de la Serna
Translator: Ana María Carrizosa De Narvaez
1rst Edition: October 2019
© Juan Moisés de la Serna, 2019
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Foreword
To talk about happiness means talking about an illusion, a goal in life, something very desirable but at the same time ephemeral. At least if we are referring to the idealized “happiness” sold through commercials, television or radio. But happiness is much more than achieving a desired goal in particular; it is a daily effort to maintain that state, otherwise, what would be the purpose of achieving happiness if we have to lose it afterwards?
In this book you will find the latest investigations related to happiness and the answers to what it is and how to achieve it. You will also find what happens if you don’t achieve happiness and what happens when the inconveniences and barriers to achieving happiness appear.
It will all be explained in a clear and simple way in order to offer you an enriching experience that will be able to help you in your personal search for achieving happiness; but a happiness that will be real, possible and attainable, and above all, lasting.
Surely many times
very happy you have been
but have you ever thought
why did it happen?
And why day after day
we are never happy?
Why is it difficult for us to smile
or make our brother happy?
Searching for an answer
roads I have traveled
I have asked many
no one has defined it.
—Happiness— they answer—,
I don’t know where it will come from
but I know I am happy
—someone will say so.
—Yes, I already know that
—to that one I have replied—
but tell me why.
—I don’t know —he has spoken.
Happiness sometimes
it’s hard to find
because we are demanding
and we don’t want to stop.
It is a quiet moment
that can be breathed
playing with a child
or looking at the wide sea.
It is only those moments
that you may remember
when you become overwhelmed
and cannot rest.
Happiness is that
what cannot be touched
a smile, a kiss
an “I love you, truly!”
It is always thinking about the other
selfishness forget
make an effort to smile
and think of others.
Dedicated to my parents
Index
CHAPTER 1. THE EMOTION OF HAPPINESS
CHAPTER 2. DISCOVERING HAPPINESS
CHAPTER 3. NEURONAL BASIS OF HAPPINESS
CHAPTER 4. SEARCHING FOR HAPPINESS
CHAPTER 5. THE BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS
CHAPTER 6. WHEN HAPPINESS DOES NOT ARRIVE
CHAPTER 1. THE EMOTION OF HAPPINESS
The first thing we need to know about happiness is that it is an emotion. Emotions are part of life, whether we are aware of it or not. They are present in each and every action and decision taken, hence the importance of studying them.
Among emotion theorists there are two perspectives: those who consider emotion as a univocal and inseparable concept that includes both positive and negative affect in a continuum; and
