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Emotional well-being influences physical health and longevity.
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Happiness is a feeling, not a medical condition.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Research shows that positive emotions have numerous benefits, the most important of which are better physical health and longevity.”
“we can definitely measure its impact on health and life expectancy.”
“Happiness is an unquantifiable emotional state which makes it a horrible metric to base one’s life decisions on.”
“Happiness is fleeting and reactionary. Contentedness is proactive and sustainable.”