Di Essays - Emotions, Positive Mental Attitude,

Unhappy people are watching TV more than happy - the latter prefer reading books and socializing with people, says an article published by American scientists in the journal Social Indicators Research. Television, as opposed to reading and communicating with people, does not satisfy the long-term human needs, as it is a passive process that delivers only momentary pleasure, consider the author's research from the University of Maryland. For thirty years, scientists have studied the factors that affect the happiness of thirty thousand people. It was found that those who feel unhappy, watching TV for 20% more often. Those who considered themselves happy, more often showed social activities, participate in community life, and reading newspapers. Unhappy people believe that watching television - a waste of time and at the same time adding that the last few broadcasts were nevertheless quite good. Scientists also believe that depending on the TV can be equated to the drug: a short-term pleasure, fills the excess of the time, and a sense of dissatisfaction, regret - as a consequence. This "disconnect from life" with the help of TV, according to experts on the increase in time of financial distress and loss of work, so they recommend that in such situations to limit time spent watching television, to avoid depressions. In October this year, British scientists have established that for a person to feel happy, he must have at least ten friends.