Dr Yousuf Ali Al mulla
Nowadays you will see yourself and even people around you overwhelmed with reasons to be anxious and angry about issues bigger or smaller. There is so much suffering in the world and it looks that COVID-19 pandemic has made this clear to even the most oblivious among us.
I believe that we all are familiar with what some people doing, meaning laughing on the outside and crying on the inside. Where happier disposition on its own think might lead to greater well-being. In turn, being forced to act happily can have serious consequences, from depression to cardiovascular disease. The implications are fairly straightforward: act the way you want to feel, but don’t ask others to act the way you want them to feel.
The opposite of that you will see that some people crying on the outside and laughing on the inside may have some limited benefits .Can I say that, there is some evidence that displaying negative emotions such as sadness and anger can help us gain more empathy from others and even make us more attractive. But it almost certainly won’t make us any happier.
However, what I would like to emphasis in my article that, there are two remarkable issues with this framing. You agree with me that unhappy behavior leads to real unhappiness. Hence, when you describe yourself as depressed can lead you to think negatively about yourself and suffer from depression. Likewise, acting angrily can make you even angrier. Second, being unhappy, angry, or depressed about the problems of the world will not make it any better. Conversely, research has long found that our facial expressions and emotions, including negativity, are highly contagious.
So for instance, if you find yourself chronically angry or constantly complaining about the people around you, you may actually be unhappy about aspects of your life. If so, work on understanding your feelings by sitting down with them. If you believe there is an opportunity to improve things through social change, you are more likely to achieve it if you are motivated, such a goal in life. The point is not that you have to pretend that the status is okay, but that optimism about positive change is the best way to make people want to join you in that changes.
At end, showing joy in our hearts and sharing it with others will improve our lives. And if the state of the life around you has really pushed you into the worse climate, remember that finding and spreading joy in an imperfect world will make life better for you.
Dr.Yousuf Ali Al Mulla. a physician, medical innovator and writer .For any queries regarding the contents of article can be contacted at: [email protected]
