Will your happiness be guaranteed if you win a lottery?

Even if suddenly become a billionaire people can not "live without working"It is said. If you can get a huge wealth, it seems possible to buy a big house, eat luxuriously and live for the rest of your life, but why do not wealthy wealthy people make people happy,TED-EdIt is explained in animation so that it is easy to understand.

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Imagine the possibility of "getting a huge sum of money by winning the lottery on a certain day", and there are many people who are immersed in a happy mood.


Then who actually won the lottery will be happy all the time?


According to a study that investigated the subsequent course of 22 people who won the lottery, the average value of the subjects' happiness levels did not exceed the average value of those who did not win the lottery a few months after winning the lottery It is known.


Moreover, some of the winners have fallen in happiness levels than before winning.


Another study shows that our emotions such as pleasure, anger, anxiety and sorrow are not affected by wealth and social position if they exceed a certain level.


This phenomenon is also expressed as "pleasure adaptation" "pleasure principle". Because humans try to stabilize their emotions, they adapt to the new environment, but this is also about happiness.


Through various experiences, human emotions go up and down beyond the "reference line" and conversely below the reference line.


For example, luxurious meals and travel ......


By purchasing a beautiful house, happiness levels skyrocket at first.


It is a happiness level that has risen to the atmosphere level ... ...


Because of pleasure adaptation, the time has passed and the level of happiness has returned to the baseline.


On the other hand, the opposite is also true. While driving a car ... ....


An accident happened and the driver left paralysis in his body. In such a situation people's happiness level falls below the baseline.


But after a few months the level of happiness goes back to baseline. This is also to adapt to the situation.


In other words, pleasure adaptation suppresses pleasure due to positive change in life, but it also becomes a force to recover from adversity.


There are other reasons that winning the lottery does not bring happiness to humans in the long run.


It is very difficult to manage huge amounts of money.


Some people suddenly lose money even if they win the lottery.


Moreover, as a result of winning in the lottery, people are said to be socially isolated. There are stories that human relationships have been cut off while keeping refusing money from surrounding people.


In another study, we asked the subjects to play Monopoly and instantly made some people wealthy, where wealthy people took an arrogant attitude towards the poor and "share it It seems that she has sold the sweets which was told. It is said from this that wealth tends to make people mean.


Huge wealth will not guarantee the enjoyment of your life nor make you more happy.


So, what makes people happy? In this regard, it has been announced in past research that physical objects such as new cars and large houses adapt more quickly than experiences like "visit new places" and "learn new skills" I will.


In other words, it can be said that people can be happier by using money for experience rather than material than memories.


Another thing that makes you happy is "use money for others". In one study, subjects were given money, one group was asked "to spend money for themselves" and the other group was asked "to spend money for others".


Later, when researchers interviewed both groups, people who spent money for others saw their happiness level much higher than those who used money for themselves.


Furthermore, in a study that investigated the generosity of as many as 200,000 people in 136 countries around the world, 90% of the countries surveyed found that donors were more happy than people who did not make donations It is. However, in this regard,Is not it that people who are "satisfied with having a warm feeling by being kind to people" are exacerbating things and the world?It is pointed out that it is also pointed out that it is not influenced by the emotions on the spot, it is also important to think about how to help people?