Feel Better Now
My partner is a psychologist, so when I saw a talk with Martin Seligman and Richard Layard advertised I told him about it straight away. I watched about 2 minutes of it with him and I learnt something that might be useful to share on this blog, where part of what I write about is steps I’ve taken to improve my mood and increase happiness.
Go and find someone who needs help, and help them.
Martin Seligman
I’m paraphrasing here, but Seligman said he’s often asked by people with depression what is the one thing they can do now to feel better? He said he tells them to go and find someone who needs help, and help them. Altruism is the most powerful tool we have to keep ourselves happy.
(Featured image from the Wellcome Trust Credit ‘A depressive man standing by a country pond in the pouring rain – not helping his state of mind.’ Wood engraving, 1869.. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0))
