Comments on: The Misery Cup Theory of Life https://godammit.com/the-misery-cup-theory-of-life/ And I'm getting madder. Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:49:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Elena https://godammit.com/the-misery-cup-theory-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-846 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:26:05 +0000 http://godammit.com/archives/2006/07/the-misery-cup-theory-of-life#comment-846 University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin E. P. Seligman, author of the book, Authentic Happiness, agrees with you, according to an article published in USA Today in 2002. He claims, in work presumably supported by research since that’s his job, that everyone has a happiness “set point.”

http://www.biopsychiatry.com/happiness/

just thought you might like to know institutionalized science is backing you up.

]]> By: elena https://godammit.com/the-misery-cup-theory-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 12:35:10 +0000 http://godammit.com/archives/2006/07/the-misery-cup-theory-of-life#comment-478 hmmmm. i think there is a lot of truth to this. on the other hand, i have had my setpoint reset to a lower point, so i know it’s possible. difficult, but possible. it’s also shown a tendency to try to creep back up. and, i’m trying to set it at a still lower point, with mixed results. it’s worth it to me to keep trying though. really at this point it’s kind of a lifestyle because i think if i don’t keep trying to move it down, it will in fact successfully creep back up to it’s original and completely intolerable maximum. now if i could just do the same thing with my weight…

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