The more I try to be happy, the more unhappy I become.

The more I try to be happy, the more unhappy I become.

A world where everyone is trying to be happy. But there are few people who are happy around. Why? According to new research, it is too much effort. It is rather easy to be unhappy if you shout for happiness.

Researchers at the University of Melbourne in Australia conducted two experiments. First of all, students in their psychology department will be able to solve the problem in three minutes by making an anagram (changing the order of spelling, for example, rearranging the spelling of heart to become earth). The researchers mixed 15 problems that could not be solved.

We divided the students into three groups. Thirty-nine of the first group solved the problem in a room that was inspired. The supervisor of the room emphasized the importance of happiness to students with a lively attitude. The second 39 solved the same problem in an ordinary room. The supervisor did not say anything. The remaining 38 people answered the same question in the same room as the first group, but with the answer clearly.

After the experiment, students analyzed. The first group, the "room of happiness", was the most stressed of the students who answered "no problem". There was a strong tendency to look back on failures and be caught in negative results.

The researchers also asked how often they feel negative feelings for 200 American adults, and how society treats them. As a result, those who perceive society as promoting happiness are more likely to be stressed about the emotions of anger or depression.

Professor Brock Bastian said, "If we take too much weight on happiness, it is a big problem even if there are negative emotions." "But we need to remember that we do not grow without failure and that humans sometimes feel unhappy" "He said.