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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:
Make an effort to solve your problems – you will then feel you deserve to be happy
Think about the meaning of happiness before going in search of it
Be spontaneous and go with the flow
Work out what makes you happy and make time for it
2. Should we teach children how to be happy?
No, only to tell the difference between benign pleasures and those which might cause harm
Yes, we should show them what it is like to be really happy
It would be more useful to teach them the harsh realities of life
No, happiness comes naturally to children
3. Which of the following makes you happiest?
Playing sport/looking after your body
Trips to the great outdoors
Talking with friends
Sex
4. Happiness is:
As essential as brushing your teeth
As essential as breathing
Breaking the rules
Having a chance to think
5. Happiness is
A desirable state
A necessary state
A state you don’t experience very often
Your natural state
6. One of the things that made you happiest as a child was:
Listening to the stories your grandparents told you
Getting into freshly laundered pyjamas after your evening bath
Playing out with your cousins
To lie back on the grass and watch the clouds pass overhead
7. What is happiness for? It’s there to:
Elevate the soul and the spirit
Set us free
Make us healthier and make us feel good
Make us feel alive
8. Are any of the things that make you happy in fact vices?
If they make me happy, they can’t be doing any harm
Lots of them, unfortunately…
Some, but I’m in control of them
I’ve tried to give up those that are
9. As a child you were:
Well adjusted
Prone to stress
Spontaneous
Thoughtful
10. You were on a diet but you had a bit of a binge last night. How do you feel today?
If I go on a diet I always stick to it
If I enjoyed it, it can’t have done any great harm
I feel guilty and I’ve fitted bolts to the kitchen cupboards
I never do diets - I like my body as is it
11. How would you describe your first sexual experiences? As:
Delectable
A revelation
Purposeful
Exciting
12. What would happen if you gave in to pleasure too often?
You’d end up being frivolous and superficial
You’d become self obsessed
Your health would suffer
You’d eventually get depressed and bored

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