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when he can sublimate his
desires to socially acceptable
forms of expression through
his creativity. A sportsman is
genuinely happy when he can
channel his aggressive or
sexual desires through sport
or rigorous activity. So these
defense mechanisms in
psychoanalysis could actually
produce genuine happiness
in people because of the
inherent survival and coping
strategies involved in these
defenses.
Finally, happiness being a
desire, libido, our energy levels and state of mind would be entirely
even the defense mechanisms that subjective and would evoke extreme
we unconsciously use to vent out our subjective reactions. For instance,
frustration and thus remain happy or someone laughs on hearing a joke
calm. Happiness would naturally raise and feel happy about it and someone
our libidinal levels and make us more else would be sarcastic or may not
energetic and high levels of energy feel the same level of excitement.
could, in turn, make us happy, so this Whereas anger and other emotions
process is cyclical. Several scientific could be explained in terms of
studies have shown that happiness physical responses, happiness usually
is directly related to our levels of does not have defined physical
energy. responses although there is a general
positive feeling of well being and the
Considering defense mechanisms, physical responses could vary
psychoanalysis could in a way considerably. As I have stated on the
suggest that happiness is actually psychology of emotions, it would be
acting out or reaction formation when necessary to determine the
we show certain reactions that may components of feeling and bodily
be completely opposite to what we reaction for every emotion including
feel. For example, in reaction happiness and psychology has an
formation we may show happiness, extensive research project
when in reality we are sad or to consider for the future.
depressed. Although genuine
happiness could be explained with
psychoanalysis as well, as for
example, an artist is genuinely happy
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