Happiness is often considered difficult to define. Why is this? What factors determine happiness?

Happiness

is something very complex. A lot of

people

have tried to get a formula to achieve

this

, yet not too many of them succeed. In

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we are going to shed some light on the reason why it is so difficult to do so and what prompts

happiness

in my opinion. Before digging into the subject, we must understand

happiness

is a mental state which is brought about by a release of chemical hormones by our body. The feeling of excitement, which is normally characterized as a racing heart, is actually necessitated by a hormone called endorphins.

For instance

, children are thrilled after some chasing around games, young

people

have their ups and downs when experiencing their

first

love. These are all examples of extreme excitements which are actually caused by hormones. Yet few

people

realize

this

and they find it difficult to define

happiness

in a mental way. After all,

people

have different personalities and it would be impracticable to generalize their different feelings of

happiness

in words. One factor

that is

crucial in the level of endorphins produced within our bodies is

age

. It is quite evident that children and young

people

are easier to get excited,

this

is due to the normal process of hormone level reduction as our

age

increases. Apart from

age

, another factor

that is

not ignorable is the level of effort we have put to achieve our targets,

such

as a career milestone, monetary wealth or love. Not surprisingly, the more sacrifices we undergo in the process, the sweeter the fruit of hard work seems to be.

For example

, we can see sportsmen burst into tears after getting a gold medal even though they are in their thirties. It is conspicuous how much pain and sweat they have lived through in order to win, so the taste of being the champion must be so great to them. To sum up, the reason why

people

find defining

happiness

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so difficult is that they fail to look

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from the angle of chemical hormones. Rather, they try to define it psychologically. From an objective perspective,

happiness

is actually very determined by one's

age

and sacrifices made to achieve the desired targets. With that in mind, getting a formula to

happiness

is actually easier than commonly thought.