Happiness Psychology - Part 8: Positivity and Negativity

First, these are TWO CHOICES. They are two completely independent states of the body—your left brain controls positive emotions (joy, empathy, love, etc.), and your right brain manages negative emotions (sadness, anger, regret, etc.).

This means that having positive emotions does not reduce negative ones. They are independent and can both be either high or low at the same time.

Learning to recognize your emotions is the first step toward achieving comprehensive well-being. A reminder for you: Happiness is a choice—you can choose to align yourself with positive emotions rather than with negative ones.

Of course, life doesn’t always make this choice easy. Circumstances, relationships, and society often pull you toward the camp of negative emotions. When I say "pull," I mean that human nature, driven by the primitive reptilian brain, constantly focuses on bad situations for survival, which brings negative emotions along.

Only those who are brave enough to rise, step over to the camp of positive emotions, and actively choose them will find happiness in life.

This can sometimes be challenging and come at great personal cost, but I promise you, it's worth it.