Can you live a happy life if you achieve "wealth freedom"? Study: The more successful your career is, the more likely you are to feel depressed
Are you envious of successful people who have lots of money in their hands and are famous all over the streets? Most people envy these successful people because they have money in their accounts that most people cannot earn in their entire lives. This is why many people believe that as long as they achieve “financial freedom”, they will also have a lifetime of happiness. But is this really the case? According to many academic studies such as the American Psychological Association and the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, successful people are more likely to hide sadness and sadness behind their glamorous appearance.
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Many ordinary people are puzzled by the fact that so-called “rich people” and “children from rich families” suffer from mental illness. They think that their material lives are already satisfied, so how can they be depressed because their careers are too successful? Forbes, a well-known American business magazine, believes that successful people tend to go back and forth between extreme success and extreme failure, and their hearts and minds about gains and losses also become fluctuating. In the last second, they may have been immersed in the joy of the company’s stock rising. ;The next second I was told that the long-term customer and the company had terminated the contract. The rapid changes in the shopping mall make it easy for people to worry about gains and losses.
Furthermore, successful people tend to work non-stop and need to constantly pay attention to global financial trends or fashion trends. Invisibly, it is difficult to focus on things around life, such as dinner with family, gatherings with friends, etc. It seems that all the time “It’s not your own time.” You can only devote it to work, and unpleasant emotions will continue to accumulate. Furthermore, “Forbes” also believes that sudden wealth and income will make people “feel strange” to themselves, and they will not know how to measure their own value, and the higher the income, the less they will like themselves.
From the perspective of the business field, successful people do face considerable pressure, which can easily lead to depression; similar theories can be obtained in the medical field. According to a paper published in the American journal “Health and Social Behavior”, the research team collected data in Wisconsin for 11 years, showing that women who hold positions of power at work are more likely to be depressed.
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In addition, research published by the Social Science Research Network believes that entrepreneurs who serve as CEOs and board members in companies are twice as likely to suffer from depression as the general public. The main reason is that entrepreneurs The work content is mostly high-risk, high-pressure, and high-competition. Not only is it easy to have problems with the liver, kidneys and other organs due to long-term reversal of day and night, socializing, etc., but it is also possible to suffer from mental illness unknowingly due to the rapid accumulation of stress.
Not only are entrepreneurs at risk of depression, but their descendants may also be burdened with the same stress. The American Psychological Association interviews Suniya, professor of psychology at Arizona State University. Suniya Luthar mentioned in the content that children who grow up in wealthy families are more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression and anxiety due to their parents’ high expectations than those from families with ordinary incomes. In severe cases, they may even suffer from depression and anxiety. There are also cases of drug abuse and addiction to bad habits such as alcoholism and drug abuse. Those children who have what others call “privilege” are probably struggling to survive with a heavy burden on their backs.
In general, no matter whether a person is rich or poor, he will have different difficulties to overcome in his own life. What money can buy in the end may not be happiness, but a “sick” heart. While envying others for their successful careers and fame and wealth, we might as well consider that the pressure they encounter may not be something that many people can imagine. If you are sitting on a mountain of gold and silver, but are depressed and unhappy all day long, what will be a happy life? ? If your answer is no, then you can understand: money may not only fail to buy happiness, but may also cause permanent damage to the body, mind and soul.
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Speaking of Psychology: The mental price of influence
The Culture of Affluence: Psychological Costs of Material Wealth
