Psychological wellbeing — Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) — functions much like body temperature: genetically determined and designed to maintain stability.
People possess strong psychological defences that protect Subjective Wellbeing from unhealthy fluctuations — though these aren't absolute. Significant or prolonged challenges can temporarily lower SWB below its normal range.
Key protective mechanisms include Self-Esteem, Perceived Control, Optimism, Personal Relationships and Achieving in Life.
How environmental factors and a genetically set level of mood together shape wellbeing — and what happens when the protective system is overwhelmed.
Read moreLike core body temperature, each person has a genetically determined wellbeing set-point that operates within a narrow range.
Read moreThe protective mechanisms — achieving in life, relationships and money; self-esteem, optimism, perceived control, habituation and adaptation — that defend wellbeing.
Read moreHomeostatically Protected Mood, the Golden Triangle of external resources, and what homeostatic breakdown looks like in the data.
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