Anecdatum: This is consistent with my recent experience measuring my own happiness!
I recently started using UpLift (a cognitive behavioral therapy app developed by our friend Spencer Greenberg of ClearerThinking.org) to manage some mood changes that might be mild depression. The app prompts you to rate and reflect on your happiness several times each day.
Each time I tried to rate my mood, I thought:
“Huh, I don’t feel that great. But I do feel better than before. So I have to say a higher number this time. Dammit, I can’t even measure my mood accurately. This damn app is confounding everything by making me slightly happier! …Oh.”
Anecdatum: This is consistent with my recent experience measuring my own happiness!
I recently started using UpLift (a cognitive behavioral therapy app developed by our friend Spencer Greenberg of ClearerThinking.org) to manage some mood changes that might be mild depression. The app prompts you to rate and reflect on your happiness several times each day.
Each time I tried to rate my mood, I thought:
“Huh, I don’t feel that great. But I do feel better than before. So I have to say a higher number this time. Dammit, I can’t even measure my mood accurately. This damn app is confounding everything by making me slightly happier! …Oh.”