My Learning NotesWell-being
What is well-being?
Well-being is a state that a person reach when one does what is good for oneself.
Why some people behave in a way that bring them to feel pain and negative emotions instead to reach well-being?
Premises
- (A) Some people misinterpret experiences they lived.
- (B) Some people can make a mistake evaluating the possible consequences of their behaviour.
- (C) We evaluate the possible consequences of our behaviour based on the past experiences and the interpretation we gave them. See Brain.
- If (A) and (C), then (B).
- (D) Some people can wrongly think that a behaviour that could bring to reach well-being, bring him to feel pain and negative emotions instead and viceversa.
- If (B), then (D).
- (E) Some people are not able to choose how to react to emotions.
- (F) Some people don’t know the best strategies to reach well-being.
- (G) Some people don’t know how to behave in a way useful to reach well-being.
- If (D) or (E) or (F), then (G).
- (H) Some people behave in a way that bring them to feel pain and negative emotions instead to reach well-being.
- (I) The opposite of reaching well-being is feeling pain and negative emotions.
- If (G) and (I), then (H).
Conclusions
- Therefore, some people behave in a way that bring them to feel pain and negative emotions instead to reach well-being.
What is good for this person means?
Although it is very subjective and some people weigh some criteria over others, it generally means: