#the happiness hypothesis

[les-grenades]

When you find a fault in yourself it will hurt, briefly, but if you keep going and acknowledge the fault, you are likely to be rewarded with a flash of pleasure that is mixed, oddly, with a hint of pride. It is the pleasure of taking responsibility for your own behavior. It is the feeling of honor.

Jonathan Haidt "The Happiness Hypothesis"

#the happiness hypothesis #jonathan haidt #positive psychology #unposted drafts

[heartoppression]

I believe it is dangerous for the ethic of divinity to supersede the ethic of autonomy in the governance of a diverse modern democracy. However, I also believe that life in a society that entirely ignored the ethic of divinity would be ugly and unsatisfying.

Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis

#052022 #Jonathan Haidt #The Happiness Hypothesis #lit

[k-star-holic]

Chuu "The most important thing is not to blame yourself"

Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com

#The Happiness Hypothesis #The Neighbor

[bballanced]

let's read at ze beach

#reading #the happiness hypothesis #books #current read #read in 2022 #books and reading #bookworm #booklr

[moonrisecoeur]

sub!leon x fem-ish!reader, no pronouns mentioned, pegging, lots of dumbification, light objectification, doggy with the girl on top!!

re4r!leon is not really a sexual guy. he masturbates every once and a while, cuz like, he’s still a young guy. doesn’t get off to anything specific, maybe thinking about his partner and sweet and pretty you are. overall, low sex drive mostly because he’s too busy, too stressed, too tired, etc. seriously at this time in his life the only way you’re having sex with ur man is if you initiate.

leon’s a sucker. especially for you. of course he’s gonna say yes, but it doesn’t even cross his mind until you’re feeling up on him, telling him that he seems tense, offering to rub his shoulders for him.

“you don’t gotta go out of your way to do that, it’s o- oh, oh that’s good.” he moans, closing his eyes tightly at your touch. it’s maybe a little too forceful but the tension melts from his body just too easily because of you.

“thank you,” he whispers lowly, obviously having needed that. you smile, pressing a kiss to his cheek as you ponder what you want to do to him now. you tell him that he doesn’t need to thank you, but he grows a little bit curious after a moment of silence. he asks, “what’s on your mind?”

“… i think i want to fuck you stupid,” you breathe, giggling, laughing at your own bluntness. his jaw drops slightly, shocked as well. he clears his throat nervously, and you reach your hand to his neck, placing your fingers on the side and stroking his cheek with your thumb, “only if you’d let me, but… how am i supposed to make that tension really go away if you can still think..?”

“i-i… really? you’re… you’re gonna do that?”

“i don’t want you to feel stressed. i’ll make it so you can’t be,” you say, smirking as you get to watch him giving in in real time, “how does that sound?”

he pauses, then nods, unable to come up with much else, “please…”

minutes later, he’s on his hands and knees, getting fucked doggy style, your cock up pounding into his ass like tomorrow won’t ever come. he’s lost all composure, like he always does during doggy.

he’s not even sure why, but there’s something about this position that just makes him feel even more submissive to you. maybe it’s that it’s a little humiliating? even still, your cock is making him feel so much pleasure that he doesn’t have enough of his mind left to care about something so silly.

“keep letting go of all those thoughts, no more thinking about the horrible, ugly past. nothing you can do, sweetheart,” you whisper in his ear, making him shiver as you hold his waist, fucking him helplessly. he’s pathetic for giving out so easily, but you’re telling him not to think, so he’s not gonna. he’ll be good and obedient and stupid if that’s what you want from him.

he catches drool dripping down his chin, wipes it before you have a chance to notice it drip onto the pillow. you notice, but you don’t mention it as a curtesy. you didn’t want to hurt his ego too bad.

his eyes roll back, his breathing is shaky, and if you tried to ask him something, anything, god he could try as hard as he wanted but he wouldn’t be able to respond. he just moans softly and tears prick at his eyes. he feels stupid.

he just gets so dumb, so easy, so pliant when you’re on top of him, pushing him down, holding him down and kissing his shoulder. you urge him to forget the hellscape that is his life, why wouldn’t he oblige?

he accepts that he’s not supposed to remember anything about the past six years of his life, that all he’s supposed to know how to do is moan and cry and whimper for you. that’s all you ask of him, and it’s so much easier than having to be the government’s puppet. he’s so tired of having to think, of having a job that requires him to be sharp and clever and composed.

he’s done it for so long, and he’s so tired, his body is exhausted, his mind is worn out, and he just needs to be treated like an absolute fucktoy to cope. he doesn’t have to make a single decision when you’re in charge, you just do whatever you please to him until you’re satisfied, and it’s perfect. he doesn’t have any responsibility, not expected to do a single thing. all he’s gotta do is let his mind melt away until he is truly just a sex toy.

#re4r leon wants to be stupid bc stupid = happy that’s my hypothesis #leon kennedy #resident evil #sub leon kennedy #leon kennedy smut #resident evil smut #sub leon kennedy smut #leon kennedy resident evil

[akolnoix]

every time i draw lain she looks different. this is at least 80% on purpose

#serial experiments lain #lain iwakura #i've been replaying the psx game... i was correct in my hypothesis that the final act would make way more sense with the anime's context #and im happy to say that i also like the final act waaay more thanks to that context. #just have the postgame left to do

[freetobeeyouandme]

wait i just fucking realized "escape from camaztoz" is LITERALLY a mash up of "Escape from Midnight Castle" aka thee MLP episode referenced in S3 and the name of the hivemind planet in Wrinkle in Time like...if this is a real title I've won. I was right. i love this fkn song hell yeah

#stranger things #byler #where is my mlp hypothesis post imma need to get it ready to post with an i told u so when s5 airs #ooooh this makes me happy this is good news this is fucking fantastic #paired with the presumed vanishing of holly wheeler? oooh we are feasting

[todayisafridaynight]

top ten things i didnt think could happen during the aoki/bodyguard segment Aoki Actually Attacks

#snap chats #ignore the fact joon-gi's having the worst time ever ok sacrifices had to be made #GOD FINALLY I GOT THESE STUPID GIFS #the funniest bit is that aoki primarily targeted eri i just didnt wanna show her gettin dogged on twice #like father like son why the fuck do they both have problems with eri ☠️☠️ #BUT YEAH NO I DIDNT. I NEVER SAW HIM USE HIS GUN OR ATTACK UNTIL LAST WEEK #AND I NEVER SAW ANYONE ELSE TALK BOUT IT AND WE ALL KEPT JOKIN AOKI NEVER USES THE GUN #BUT NO HE DOES my hypothesis. right. #is that he'll only do these things when he has some bodyguards left #'snap the fuck is that top gif then' LISTEN i had JUST gotten rid of a guard before his turn #idk maybe he needs a buffer turn to use guard order idk #but i kept him alone for a solid ten turns and he just kept using guard order #thing is his goons are so easy to take out with essence of rose typhoon or something similar he's always in need of guards #this fight just goes by so fast you never expect him to use either of these- which what makes his empty gun in the followin scene hilarious #hence. why ive never seen it lmao #i can die happy now. im not crazy. im crazy but im not lying #this was so unnecessary LMAO #genuinely insane i can just upload homegrown y7 gifs and videos... wild... #unrelated to these. ive decided tendo is no longer scary ive got the timing down everyone <- two people died during the tendo fight #LISTEN FOR THE MOST PART I GOT IT I JUST FUMBLED AT THE WORST TIME LMAO its all good #at this point im more afraid of the arminator fight since that shit just hates me and kills my millenium runs more than tendo #ok bye im practicing more before my friend hangs out with me

[elfje-8]

No one told me there is Dutch in The Love Hypothesis and the waiting is for the 'Ik hou van jou, Adam.'

#happy dutchy there #the love hypothesis #ali hazelwood

[girlpetrarca]

what I would give to know what happened between Giovanni Malpaghini and Petrarca on that 21th of April, 1367...

#I know the abrupt end of his work as Petrarca's copyist could probably be explained if one remembers that #the latter was probably an obnoxious and annoying client who often quarrelled with his copyists #but! I'm not entirely happy with this hypothesis and I'd reaaally love to know what happened #impossibile I know but still one can hope #also of course I'm not convinced of Petrarca's recollection of the entire affair (we know how much this man loves to lie to posterity) #francesco petrarca #personal

[msboutofcontext]

#magic school bus #out of context #ms frizzle #ralphie #da #dorothy ann #tim #carlos #better get your shield ready #to test that hypothesis #good luck bitch #i hate to be the voice of doubt here #rip ralphie #happy thanksgiving #recognize genocide #archaeology #anthropology #artifacts #hypotheses #Shows and Tells

[genderqueerspacewives]

idk if everyone's just been uncommonly positive about the newest ep, but i tried the novel thing of not scouring through the tag to find every single post about it and would you guess what happened. im not feeling an extreme feeling of dread about it.

#i made the decision not to do it bc i have a bad history of the stories being ruined for me bc i listen too much on other people talking #about it until i can't rly enjoy it myself anymore #but i'm very happy with all the ppl i follow and am mutuals with so i had the hypothesis that i wouldn't feel like that if i just see their #posts #ofc the biggest victim of this has been 13's era #idk if it's gonna work but so far my theory at least hasn't been disproving #disproven #my posts #the church on ruby road #and the fact that im still positive is a feat bc im not the biggest fan of baby eating goblins #like sure whatever they're camp #i am just personally not super hyped about eating babies campingly

[oatbugs]

i can feel every single nerve and organ and bone inside my body. an exercise in emptiness: what will the next thought in your head be?

#i feel like im going insane . went in the psych department w my friend again i decided to stop hating it for no reason except that its not #maths . why the fuck dont you study ? because the module name starts with a PS ? i need to love it without #feeling shame for myself . i feel like im gonna get into trouble with my university for prying open locked automatic doors at 1 AM but its #alright (that building is haunted anyway). its not about him but it is but it really isnt its about everything it means its about the way i #cant cry for myself the way i used to its the sadness and happiness and that im turning 20 soon and im going a little insane but im shocked #that i still have friends i love im shocked that i am loved im shocked that i dont feel disgusted thinking about him yet #(and ill look for a man to turn me into a hare just like you did when you did what you did) #when alt j 3ww said . f5 f6 f6 f5 f5 #i constantly feel like my chest is about to explode and i have no idea why its a physical pain its great and also horrible #id like to rip out my ribcage and put a bird and some flowers inside it id like to rip out my sternum and pierce the thoughts with it #4 43 AM i have an exam about brains i stared at a vintage photo of a brain pinned and labelled i learned the names and positions of sulci #im learning about magic (action potentials) and gates inside your brain and every day i learn how hard your body tries to keep you alive #(his lips turn sharp when he smiles) (choking on flowers and music and fear) (feel every feeling inside my throat feel metal at the back #of my head) (i miss your hard edges i miss your bone marrow) #hypothesis : perhaps if i put my lips on someone elses lips and i dont let go of them for a few hours ill be okay #needle (sharp like the spice in what i made you) shooting 5 mg of haldol straight into the hypothalamus . gave myself a concussion and #since that night my head has been blooming . the violin today felt like liquid gold . moderato - spiritoso - the bow turned my heart inside #out . id like to scream and i have no idea why but one day i will turn my vertebrae into a bouquet of flowers for you all. #yesterday my boy with the beautiful hair looked at me and held me tight enough that i heard his heartbeat (or maybe it was mine) #for a second or two and i wish i could lean on him for this except his heart has been crushed by the mathematician discerning eyes #for a while and a half . #dyed your hair red i dyed your hair brown youre on my bed and your hand touches my hand and every day i am amazed by the way your mind #turns my guts and my heart inside out #for a second or two and i wish i could lean on his bony shoulders for this except his lungs have filled with water #for a while and a half . dyed your hair red i dyed your hair brown youre on my bed i stare at the grace of her hands you are evidence #that angels and pomegranate seeds and create the economist of our dreams . game theory and good actions by any other name . #she makes the sound the sea makes knee deep in the north sea

[k-star-holic]

"I'm off my medication now." Cho Min Ah, Panic disorder symptoms improved.

Source: k-star-holic.blogspot.com

#The Happiness Hypothesis #Cho Min Ah

[annaberunoyume]

How I wish Stede and Ed will reunite in season 2.

Ed will fight Stede in a boat attack, after Stede reassembles the crew and climb aboard the Revenge. At first, Ed will try to keep his Blackbeard persona, but he will get too heartbroken and rush to the captain's quarters. Stede will be confused and heart-shaken, too and will rush after him. And he will find Ed in the secret closet that only he and Stede knows about...Ed will look at Stede with quivering lips and try to escape, But Stede, resolved not to loose him, again, will pull Ed Towards and gives him a tight hug...And when Ed tries to free himself, Stede will give him a powerful kiss...That will slow his struggles to a halt and make him shed tears...

Just like in Romeo X Juliet, episode 7.

#my hypothesis #my idea for season 2 #ofmd #our flag means death #season 2 #happy ending #ed x stede #blackbonnet #grand gestures #romeo x juliet #reference #episode 7 #ofmd spoilers #ofmd season 2 #mlm #gay #lgbtq

[du-warstmeinkompass]

“…she loved him even more for it. For looking at her like she was the beginning and end of his every thought.”

The love hypothesis

#books #bookshelf #the love hypothesis #couple #kiss #romance #love #happy #feelings #ali hazelwood #your nightmarebrain #du warstmeinkompass #book quotes #favorite authors #favorite books #booklr #books and libraries #books and reading #bookish #booklover #book blog