Interesting points. Also, I've always wondered how you do prevent lying when it comes to self-reporting? Extroverts, who are expected to be happy, could just self report as being happy, even when they are not. How do we know that participants are really being honest?
> This constant push to be "happy" makes life worse for the "sad" people.
It also makes it worse for "happy" people because they have a higher bar to climb.
Lately, I've been seeing a lot of "teens are lonely", "teens are depressed", "loneliness epidemic", etc. We know that media content influences everyone, especially teens. What effect are the news stories themselves having on the kids.
> This constant push to be "happy" makes life worse for the "sad" people.
It also makes it worse for "happy" people because they have a higher bar to climb.
Lately, I've been seeing a lot of "teens are lonely", "teens are depressed", "loneliness epidemic", etc. We know that media content influences everyone, especially teens. What effect are the news stories themselves having on the kids.