Do you know how to be happy?

How important is being happy? Do you do everything in your power to seek out pleasure? Take out test to find out how much of a hedonist you are.
Do you know how to be happy?

Anyone who has studied the human condition, from Aristotle to Freud, has pondered happiness, because when it comes to happiness, we all have different experiences.

How important is being happy? Do you do everything in your power to seek out pleasure? Answer the following questions to find out how much of a hedonist you are.

By Christophe André, psychiatrist and psychotherapist

  • 1. To find happiness you need to:




  • 2. Should we teach children how to be happy?




  • 3. Which of the following makes you happiest?




  • 4. Happiness is:




  • 5. Happiness is




  • 6. One of the things that made you happiest as a child was:




  • 7. What is happiness for? It’s there to:




  • 8. Are any of the things that make you happy in fact vices?




  • 9. As a child you were:




  • 10. You were on a diet but you had a bit of a binge last night. How do you feel today?




  • 11. How would you describe your first sexual experiences? As:




  • 12. What would happen if you gave in to pleasure too often?





Comments

  • hakan   (June 18, 2010 at 2:11 pm) Reply  |  spam

    Happiness can not be permanent and sustainable.That is the delusion most people are after.Being content is more important and meaningful than happiness.Happiness can be part of being content.There are ups and downs in life and we should know how to deal with them.

    • Anonymous   (July 31, 2010 at 10:02 am) Reply  |  spam

      Re. q.11 – what if your fist sexual experience was awful i.e. coerced? and q.12 – what if giving into pleasure more often would make you happier? These last 2 questions had too limited a range of responses from which to select

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