Happiness

Question 1

Altruism

Answer 1

Strong correlation between happiness, health and longevity of people who are having a positive life style

Question 2

What can happiness do to heart rate and blood pressure
How does happiness effect heart diseases

Answer 2

• Happiness can predict lower heart rate and blood pressure
• Healthier heart pattern rate variability
• 22% lower chance of getting heart diseases

Question 3

Happiness and Immune system

Answer 3

• Strengthens your immune system
• Positive emotions are linked to a decrease in catching a cold
• Happy people have a higher antibody response to vaccines

Question 4

How does stress effect our body
What happens to blood clotting protein when we are happy?

Answer 4

Stress also triggers biological changes in our hormones and blood pressure
Blood clotting protein that increases after stress is 12 times lower for happy individuals.

Question 5

Happiness and Pain

Answer 5

Positive emotions mitigate pain, people who are more happy tend to experience less long lasting pain

Question 6

How are happier people able to live longer

Answer 6

Happiness improves health in the long term, people who are happy with life are about 1.5 times less likely to have long term health conditions.

Happiness and optimism can protect women from breast cancer

Question 7

Analytical data of how people who are happy are less likely to die and lead to longevity

Answer 7

Happiness can lead to longevity
- They are 35% less likely to die over the course of 5 years compared to unhappy people
7-10 years longer than least happy

Question 8

Negative Emotions and Impacts causing health problems

Answer 8

Serious sustained stress or fear can alter biological systems
Illnesses like heart disease stroke and diabetes

Question 9

Negative Emotions impacts heart

Answer 9

Cronic anger and anxiety can distrupt cardiac function by changing the electrical stability and increase inflammation

Question 10

Early Childhood Stress

Answer 10

Early childhood toxic stress is harmful to the brain and other organ systems

physiological effects can be faster heart rate higher blood pressure and a jump in stress hormones

Question 11

Genetics and happiness

Answer 11

Genetics plays a big role in happiness, twins are likely to have the same amount of happiness
You are born with a genetic predisposition 40-50%

Question 12

Money and Happiness

Answer 12

Emotional well being increases with income up till 75k after that day to day happiness does not increase with higher incomes

Question 13

Experiences and Happiness

Answer 13

experiences make us happier than possessions as once you get used to owning certain possessions the initial joy fades away but you can derive happiness from memories

Question 14

Grumpy old man

Answer 14

Happiness may come with age, older adults regulate their emotions better than younger adults