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> Studies have cast doubt on whether Subjective Well-Being (SWB) levels actually return to normal after significant life events. I had heard (in a TED talk I t
by stevoski 11y ago
> Studies have cast doubt on whether Subjective Well-Being (SWB) levels actually return to normal after significant life events.
I had heard (in a TED talk I think) that humans typically need only three months or so to get back to "feeling normal" after a terrible life event.
Then I had my one terrible life event (widowed two days after marriage). Boy was that TED talk wrong! The next few years were a desolate wasteland.
- IkmoIkmo 11y agoMan I can't even imagine, all the best to you.
- visakanv 11y agoI'm so sorry for your loss.
- facetube 11y agoMan, I'm so sorry.
- ctchocula 11y agoThis is the TED talk you were talking about [0]. I'm sorry for your loss. [0]: https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy?...