Is it normal that i think "money can't buy happiness" is bullshit?

Do people’s dreams really come true after college? Lol

There's actually been studies done on this issue (look up the money/happiness study princeton edu), and the finding were that happiness itself increases with income to an extent, but it caps out at a certain wage. $75,000 was the cap out according to studies.

Having enough money to reduce stress, afford medical expenses, care for family, travel and go on vacation...that obviously makes a difference. After that, it doesn't matter. Accumulating massive weath doesn't give you life meaning or cure mental disorders. Money wont fix any of that. It's important to establish a sense of comfort and security.

Beyond that, you're on your own bitches.

money is like air

if you got enough you really dont think about it

but if you have none shit gits desperate pretty quick and its all yall can think about

Yeah when you're like me grow up with little money it becomes a very big part of your life, I don't go a day without thinking about money and worrying a little. I dont think money alone makes anyone happy but it certainly HELPS. And yeah money got me my pets and gets me all the necessities they need so they can survive and be happy and that makes me HAPPY.

If your definition of happiness is materialistic it’s certainly true. But all those those things that you mentioned are passing. Beyond providing you for the basics, the accumulation of the rest is vanity. The really best things in life are free.

Money can and cant buy happyness. Its a lot easier for me to be happy with making a middle class wage because I was poor for so long. But I guarantee you if I grew up as a millionaire then making good money would not seem so exciting it would just be normal. I think being poor is one of those things that can make or break you.

I would imagine that you would be happy for a bit, but eventually you would start being unhappy in other aspects of your life.

Money can help someone to be happier by increasing stability, and security, but only up to a certain point. After about $75,000 a year it doesn't really buy happiness. Look at celebrities, there are plenty of rich, and famous people who are miserable despite living in the lap of luxury.

Yeah, people are idiots when it comes to spending money, spending it on material possessions and frivolous luxury items, so that they then blame the money when they conclude that it can't buy them happiness. It can get rid of the stress of not being able to afford rent or healthcare in the future. It can allow you to quit the job that you hate because you'd no longer need to work to earn money. You could spend all your extra time then socialising, exercising, engaging in creative pursuits, etc.

Anyone who says "money can't buy happiness" has never tried ecstacy.

That's essentially what I was going to post.

I personally know a lot of $millionaires. There is a whole bunch of them that are not happy because of stress and issues in their lives... and the fact that they are not actually financially secure.

A solid group of the other ones are financially secure and have the time to resolve issues and situations in their lives so that they became happy.

Yes

i agree 100%

It depends because you can have a lot of money and still not be happy something terrible could happen that even having money wouldn't make you happy

Yes and no. Yes it certainly can buy pleasure which is temporary happiness. It is the means to doing experiences and that can be worrhwhile. It can be given to others and that can make you feal good for a bit. Ultimately thoigh, spending money is just a dopamine release and things only give you pleasure for a moment until you take them for granted.

The real value is the times you spend with people you love and often in free places like a park or a beach.

Money can buy happiness. But money can't buy heart. If someone's heart and attention is your happiness, you can't buy your happiness.

I don't believe it can buy happiness, because there are some factors to people's happiness that cannot be bought. Family and true friends cannot be bought, love cannot be bought, health cannot be bought (as there are some things that are beyond even the best medical professionals' control), and money cannot prevent or fix the loss of anyone or anything precious and irreplaceable.

Money can put you in a comfortable situation (a roof over your head and food on the table) and buy you a wonderful pet, sure, but for the most part, the rest is just superficial and will only create short-term happiness. I've known several very miserable rich people, and the money certainly did not make them happy.

Also, as someone who has been on antidepressants, those were the worst things in my life and only caused me to become really depressed, feel like I was in a fog all the time, have no energy or motivation, constantly fall asleep, and often feel emotionally numb. I'm definitely not the only person who has had these issues, and really dislike the "antidepressants are a magic happy pill that makes everyone's problems go away" mentality that seems so popular, and why everyone and their brother seems to be getting on them. Not that they can't help some people, of course, but they also cause a lot of problems for others (and it's definitely not rare).

This question reminds of "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs".

I haven't watched this video yet honestly, but I've watched a lot of stuff on the youtube channel "School of Life" before so it seems pretty trustworthy lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0PKWTta7lU

This is also a list depicting it:

|The 7 Fundamental Human Needs|

-Safety and survival.
-Understanding and growth.
-Connection (love) and acceptance.
-Contribution and creation.
-Esteem, Identity, Significance.
-Self-direction (Autonomy), Freedom, and Justice.
-Self-fulfillment and self-transcendence.

Lastly, here's a website I found which seems to describe it well:

https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html