Happiness. It seems we are always in pursuit of it but do we even know what it is? How do you define it? I don’t mean a list of things that you equate to the emotion, but an actual definition. Scientists believe there are multiple types of happiness, and research reveals how we can achieve each of them. Currently, the belief is there are two types of happiness, and we are going after the wrong type of happy.


TWO TYPES OF HAPPINESS
Happiness, what constitutes “happiness,” and how it is achieved has been an ongoing debate among philosophers for ages. There are two main types that science has remained consistent in adhering to, although there are hybrid versions and new theories that are still being examined.

1 – HEDONIC HAPPINESS
The path to happiness and defining it has been a subject in humankind’s history since the ancient Greeks walked the Earth. At that time, the first type of happiness was defined as hedonism or the intrinsic desire ...

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