Stumbling on Happiness

I recently read a book entitled Stumbling on Happiness.

I truly recommend this book to those who are finding life a bit too hard at the moment.

There is such thing as synthetic happiness, and the author is trying to convince us that the synthetic happiness is as good as the true happiness.

What is synthetic happiness?

Put it simply; The happiness that you claimed when you are not supposed to be happy in the logical sense.

For example, you just being sacked from work and you think to yourself that you are happier than when you are working.

Cheating yourself is what I would be thinking as synthetic happiness.

The author did a couple of behavioural test to prove his point, that our frontal cortex which control our emotions? , i cant remember exactly la, but the thing is that the happiness that we felt when we won lottery is of the same when we felt happy not winning the lottery.

Did I just confuse you?

Get the book. 80 ringgit in MPH.