6 Scientific Tricks To Make You Happy
Channel: Psych2Go
Date: 2019-03-05

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Are you wondering about how happiness could be achieved? Are you jealous of others who's constantly happy, but you yourself can't seem to find happiness? Why can't I be happy, you might ask. Sometimes, depression can be the reason of unhappiness or life stressors, but there are actually ways to make your day better. These include things like doing something nice for someone else, meditation, going for a walk, drinking coffee, expressing yourself, and so forth. 

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These points are researched back so be sure to give the articles below a read: 

Dunn, Elizabeth W., Lara B. Aknin, and Michael I. Norton. "Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness." Science. March 21, 2008. Accessed September 13, 2018. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/319/5870/1687.

Schroder, Hans S., Tim P. Moran, and Jason S. Moser. "The Effect of Expressive Writing on the Error-related Negativity among Individuals with Chronic Worry." Psychophysiology55, no. 2 (2017). doi:10.1111/psyp.12990.

Taruffi, Liila, and Stefan Koelsch. "The Paradox of Music-Evoked Sadness: An Online Survey." PLOS ONE. Accessed September 13, 2018. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0110490.

"The Effectiveness of a Stress Coping Program Based on Mindfulness Meditation on the Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Experienced by Nursing Students in Korea." NeuroImage. January 13, 2009. Accessed September 13, 2018. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0260691708001792.

"Walking for Depression or Depressive Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis." NeuroImage. April 04, 2012. Accessed September 13, 2018. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1755296612000099.

Wang, L., X. Shen, Y. Wu, and D. Zhang. "Coffee and Caffeine Consumption and Depression: A Meta-analysis of Observational Studies." Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. March 2016. Accessed September 13, 2018. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26339067.

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