And in extreme cases like mania, people lose the ability to tap into and channel their inner creative resources. But according to Mark Alan Davis’s 2008 meta-analysis of the relationship between mood and creativity, when people experience intense and perhaps overwhelming amounts of happiness, they no longer experience the same creativity boost. This is the case when we experience moderate levels of happiness. Happiness, it turns out, has a cost when experienced too intensely.įor instance, we often are told that happiness can open up our minds to foster more creative thinking and help us tackle problems or puzzles. Too much happiness can make you less creative-and less safe.
These studies have revealed four ways that happiness might be bad for us. From the GGSC to your bookshelf: 30 science-backed tools for well-being.Īlong with my colleagues Iris Mauss and Maya Tamir, I have reviewed the emerging scientific research on the dark side of happiness, and we have conducted our own research on the topic.
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