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Topic started on 4-11-2011 @ 04:36 PM by TupacShakur

I ran into this news article which is really interesting. A study found that happy people live longer. From the USA Today article:

The study, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that those who reported feeling happiest had a 35% reduced risk of dying compared with those who reported feeling least happy.

This briefly describes the methods used to obtain the results:

Rather than rely on recollections about their feelings of happiness as in earlier studies, this British study of 3,853 participants ages 52-79 rated their feelings at different times on one particular day. Five years later, researchers recorded the number who died and controlled for a variety of factors, including age, gender, health, wealth, education and marital status.

So I guess if you want to live longer, don't be pissed off or sad all of the time, find things to be happy about.

reply posted on 4-11-2011 @ 04:39 PM by mr10k

Want to hear my study? People who's diet consists mainly of fish live longer. Lol. anyways, good thread Op.

Ironic because people who are at peace die easier

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reply posted on 4-11-2011 @ 04:40 PM by TupacShakur

reply to post by mr10k

I do eat quite a bit of fish, so that's good news. Hopefully they'll figure out how to prevent people from dying in my lifetime, so I won't have to deal with that

reply posted on 4-11-2011 @ 05:56 PM by citizen6511

reply to post by TupacShakur

when much younger, i didn't understand how anyone could go to York beach in Maine or Mt Snow in Vermont and not be happy.

then i realized that having a nice day was a social skill many people didn't have.

when teaching children sports, while profesional about teaching the basics, i always considered the students learning to have a nice day, the most important.

whether one, three , or five kids, if at the end of the day, they all had a smile from ear to ear, i knew i had done my job well.

too many people don't know how to have a nice day, it's an important social skill.

reply posted on 4-11-2011 @ 06:06 PM by supine

Originally posted by TupacShakur
So I guess if you want to live longer, don't be pissed off or sad all of the time, find things to be happy about.

Interesting to say the least. I wonder though, why are old people all so grumpy then?

I can only remember ever encountering a few who didn't have anything to complain or be upset about.

Never ask an old person how they are doing, unless you can spend some serious time listening to complaints about everything from arthritis, to the weather!

Perhaps the people who get old being happy have earned the right to be complainers once they reach their golden years!

reply posted on 4-11-2011 @ 06:08 PM by ottobot

I read something like this awhile back, I think it makes a lot of sense. I never learned how to "have a nice day" as a child. I am now just learning to do so with regularity. It's difficult sometimes. But, yeah, I don't plan on dying EVER. So, I'd better make sure I'm happy or at least content for the next few millenia.

reply posted on 4-11-2011 @ 06:10 PM by iforget

Originally posted by citizen6511
reply to post by TupacShakur

when much younger, i didn't understand how anyone could go to York beach in Maine or Mt Snow in Vermont and not be happy.

then i realized that having a nice day was a social skill many people didn't have.

when teaching children sports, while profesional about teaching the basics, i always considered the students learning to have a nice day, the most important.

whether one, three , or five kids, if at the end of the day, they all had a smile from ear to ear, i knew i had done my job well.

too many people don't know how to have a nice day, it's an important social skill.