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To whoever is reading this- You are beautiful and only one of a kind in this world. Hope you are having a nice day, if not things will better. Also I adore you Nessy!
I found when I tried the '3 good things of the day' thing that I got more stressed because sometimes I struggled to think of things and it just made me feel worse.
+Kalliste I use to think that way too but then I realized those things that you're thankful for doesn't have to be that big of a deal. I'm thankful for breathing, being healthy, or anything like that.
I am grateful for the native Americans, who set the basis of the US Constitution, who keep America, and whoever else they can healthy now, in this time of recovery, not only physically but spiritually. I am grateful to see natives still, living with nature and passing wisdom or at least a strong cleansing aura of the Great Spirit wherever possible, wherever there are sincerely respectful minds and open ears. The native American way is the backbone of successful life in the modern age, we do well to approach humbly and preserve our intention of no desecration of their traditions and lands. Wanishi Aho matiquye oyasin
I am grateful for the roof over my head, and the freedom I enjoy every day. I am grateful to have friends and family, and to exist in a world of much diversity. I am grateful for the Japanese.
I'm curious about Gold. It's the one color that captivates the senses, and can't be replicated without the use of itself, or some sort of optical or technical illusion. Is there a reason why everyone loves it so much, other than value? It's the color of top prize trophies and even the object of desire for mythical creatures we came up with like griffons and dragons. What effects does gold have on the brain?
+Tech A.M Good question! The participants in that study filled out base line questionnaires and then did follow up assessments. From these they get a score (on the Steen Happiness Index). So the percentages are the difference in their scores over that period. Anyway (maybe you had already figured this out), there are some issues with self-reporting but I think it's the most efficient way to measure it in an experimental setting.
I am exuberantly grateful for my natural privacy, and for the aesthetic the United States government uses to protect the common sense privacy of citizens. I see that I have privacy, I have not just assumed this, and I foremost thank the nature of mind itself for sustaining this one detail of existence.
Although I agree that "gratitude is part of the glue that keeps these [referring to that of couples] relationships together" as it is "morally true", I feel that this is a logic jump from the statement that people with parts of their DNA that is related to producing more oxytocin causing them to "show more gratitude toward their partners" (from a small study size) and the fact that oxytocin is recognized as holding relationships together in a sense. I think this was a cause-correlation jump.
I've been watching your videos. They're pretty great. Just one question about this one. How the f*ck happiness is measured in percentage? They just make these numbers up?
Very good video! ive always been so interested in the link between mind and body, cant wait to see how it develops in the future, really hope you enjoyed Europe :)
Dear BrainCraft :),I would like to say, thank you, very much to you, for taking your time, energy and effort to both upload and share this video with the youtube family :). Thank you, very much, BrainCraft :). I hope you have a lovely day :).
+Kajo Le Retour Yeah, happiness is very hard to quantify, which is why economists use numbers such as GDP, rather than SNS (subjective happiness scale). Anyhow, usually people are asked to rate their happiness in a scale (1 to 10 or whatever), so this percentages might refer to relative changes in the average scores.
Kajo Le Retour I am distrustful of exact quantifications of happiness. But I see nothing wrong with Vanessa's broader qualitative point about happiness going up after people started keeping a diary.
I have a question. I have a job that requires me to answer phone calls from people with different backgrounds who have various ethnic, regional and foreign accents. One of my co-workers noted that the longer I talk to any individual, I would (unknowingly) begin to speak in a way that would mimic their accent and cadence of speech. At first I was horrified I was doing this but I came up with an idea to see if I was the only one with this habit. Some of us got together and monitored each other while on the phone. We noted that unless the conversation provoked a strong emotional response (anger/frustration, sadness/empathy, happiness/laughter) many of us would begin to mimic the caller. None of us realized we were doing this. The question is why are we unknowingly trying to mimic others while talking to them? Are our brains wired to try and fit in, achieve acceptance or make our conversation partner more comfortable? I ask as this seems to go against the accent bias mentioned in one of your videos from last year.
Do mental Illness such as PTSD make people less grateful, I once worked with someone with PTSD, and as much as I tried to help, she would not accept my help and was mad at me when I did a small deed for her. (Ex, pick up something that may have fell, buy her a snack, take trash out, install equipment) Her reasoning was it its "not my job" to do those things, but I felt bad, I was just trying to help, and she got mad at me/upset with herself.
I think scientifically they measured it by The Panas Scale(Watson, Clark, Tellegen) The Oxford Happiness Inventory (Argyle and Hill) but, I reckon that they ask also the person himself about how happy they are.
That's a really good point/question. I despise being told I should be more grateful. No one is entitled to my gratitude and no one is entitled to tell me or anyone else how to feel or when.
I've always thought of gratitude as the expression of an acknowledgement that whatever beneficial or fortunate thing that happened in your life was not of your own doing.
+Matthew Almond Participants are usually given scales to measure their happiness since it's subjective (1-10). This happens prior the study. Then at the end, researches measure their happiness again with that scale to see if there is an increase.
well thats one way to measure but im not sure if i would consider that conclusive. But at the end of the day im just a student wasting my time watching youtube videos :) thanks for the reply
I am grateful for the world to refocus itself, remember Greta Thunberg's urgent and sincerely delivered environmentalist point and double down on our intentions and habits that benefit mother nature, neglecting bad habits and distractions to this chief rewarding matter. It is slow and however it will be the most real and satisfying health and gift in its success from consistency. I am thankful that there are more respectful ways that also save energy and do drastically less harm to the planet yet provide energy and comforts of life. It takes ingenuity and a good heart to pursue creating vegan alternatives for people and to champion and make ways for more biofuel to be created from organic plant sources that already grow on the earth and don't require disturbing the land rather than environmentally imbalancing oil pumps. The truth is the divine makes environmentalism endlessly abundant because it serves all and it is the foundation of the life of earth, I am glad that there are no limits and we are on our way to becoming a drastically more sustainable civilization. If you are efficient not harmful to the forests and environments of earth you need to recieve a special nonwasteful yet so sweet thanks, heaven is willing and able
I am grateful that I made a healthy decision to buy some berries and leafy vegetables and just eat them raw I am grateful that I am not eating them in a salad just grabbing handfuls from the bag of leaves. Thank you from this 1 unique heart, in this never replicateable moment, the herbs of this world are amazing in the art of life!
When the sun goes into the flower and the leaf, I am grateful and emanating the lifechanging pheremone of gratitude, when the rain reaches the seeds in the ground and they spring up I am giving thanks whether I realize it or not. When a tree or an herb or grass has some liking and compassion on a distractable mental creature such as myself To share some of its steady still wisdom, in whatever way it is able to be understood by me I am grateful because each time it happens my soul is completely restored. Each tree is a poem written by the Divine, where humans fail in ink and by mouth, living wood will always succeed By virtue of its whole being undivided. Thanks to what keeps it undivided, even myself and you are inseparably part of nature
When Gratitude Goes Wrong: ua-cam.com/video/ZlGZZAsflwc/v-deo.html (it only took me three years to make a new gratitude video!! Please check it out 😁)
When you get the first reply but the comment was 1 year ago
@@kryptosept1c470 Your comment was only 4 hours ago, time find it's way through us all.
THANK YOU for watching BrainCraft! I love you guys and really appreciate your support. P.S. There will be no episode next week because I'm going to be in Europe with some other UA-camrs(!). If you want to tag along follow my snapchat: nessyhill
+BrainCraft no, thank YOU for sharing this information with us and helping us to get smarter every week! Keep it up!
+BrainCraft
Haha, well played. I only just noticed how the topic corresponded with today's date :)
Where in europe? And which are the other youtubers? I'm from europe, lives in Sweden! Love you and your videos! :-)
+BrainCraft You're very welcome Vanessa! thank you for making awesome content ^^
Actually i felt happy when you said it, although i was too stressed while watching the video (from my workload)
I'm thankful for food, UA-cam, and BrainCraft
ted-ed
To whoever is reading this- You are beautiful and only one of a kind in this world. Hope you are having a nice day, if not things will better. Also I adore you Nessy!
:)
I can't remember if I mentioned this in a previous video, but it's refreshing to hear the aussie accent on youtube!
+Stupid Web Comics Thanks! :)
Those gold white/black blue dresses at 1:12...
Anyway, thanks for the videos!
You're Welcome!
THANK YOU for making BrainCraft! Seriously, we watch because we like it and it's good.
This is great work, Vanessa! This sort of knowledge should be included in our curriculum!
1:14 Did you seriously just show Blue/black and White/gold dresses? XD
+SirSaxamaphone You beat me to it.
+SirSaxamaphone wow, I totally missed that. Good catch.
+SirSaxamaphone nice, you read my mind!
I don't get it?
Hah
I found when I tried the '3 good things of the day' thing that I got more stressed because sometimes I struggled to think of things and it just made me feel worse.
+Kalliste I use to think that way too but then I realized those things that you're thankful for doesn't have to be that big of a deal. I'm thankful for breathing, being healthy, or anything like that.
I am grateful for the native Americans, who set the basis of the US Constitution, who keep America, and whoever else they can healthy now, in this time of recovery, not only physically but spiritually. I am grateful to see natives still, living with nature and passing wisdom or at least a strong cleansing aura of the Great Spirit wherever possible, wherever there are sincerely respectful minds and open ears.
The native American way is the backbone of successful life in the modern age, we do well to approach humbly and preserve our intention of no desecration of their traditions and lands.
Wanishi
Aho matiquye oyasin
I used to keep a gratitude journal but abandoned this idea. I'm going to try again..Thanks for the inspiration:)
+Dragon377 me too :)
I am grateful for the roof over my head, and the freedom I enjoy every day.
I am grateful to have friends and family, and to exist in a world of much diversity.
I am grateful for the Japanese.
Thank You.
haha loved the blue and gold&white dresses cameo !
gratitude for the sincere optimists
Gratitude increases one's SELF-WORTH and PRODUCTIVITY... Thanks for having the theme on gratitude for your video... Keep it up!
I like your words, amazing one
self respect is important thank you for highlighting it, the spiritual flower has blossomed
Thank you for providing the references in the description.
I'm curious about Gold. It's the one color that captivates the senses, and can't be replicated without the use of itself, or some sort of optical or technical illusion. Is there a reason why everyone loves it so much, other than value? It's the color of top prize trophies and even the object of desire for mythical creatures we came up with like griffons and dragons. What effects does gold have on the brain?
editing error at 3:08?
I'm agio grateful for all the efforts to get, the internet, UA-cam and all those science and education channels working =)
Thank you, I feel more at peace with gratitude
Thank you for the video Vanessa.
Thanks Liz, I love you and I am very grateful that you are in my world! Thank you.
I am grateful to be free and have liberty.
Thank you for this amazing channel! I love it! :)
Interesting topic. But how do you quantify happiness?
+Tech A.M Good question! The participants in that study filled out base line questionnaires and then did follow up assessments. From these they get a score (on the Steen Happiness Index). So the percentages are the difference in their scores over that period. Anyway (maybe you had already figured this out), there are some issues with self-reporting but I think it's the most efficient way to measure it in an experimental setting.
Wow you actually replied! Thank you :)
+BrainCraft Wanted to ask the same. My scientific intuition is tingling when I hear "9% happier" :D
i'm not grateful for anything!
should I be phony?
Thank you for all the work you put in to these videos and sharing your knowledge wit us.
*Thank You* I am grateful for the easy as well as the difficult SPIRIT OF LIFE *Thank You*
Man I love the animations on your channel! My favorite is the little harry potter.
Thank you Ms. Hill, for a very timely and informative podcast!
I am grateful for your videos! They're one of my favorites! :)
Kind of a feel-good episode. But honestly I should be THANKFUL for that ;)
Thank you Vanessa.
I am exuberantly grateful for my natural privacy, and for the aesthetic the United States government uses to protect the common sense privacy of citizens. I see that I have privacy, I have not just assumed this, and I foremost thank the nature of mind itself for sustaining this one detail of existence.
Thank you! This video has helped me become 1.9239781% happier!
I am grateful for the increased dignity.
Im thankful for being able to watch braincraft
very very ;thanks
Thank You, Vanessa, for all of your wonderful videos :o)
Although I agree that "gratitude is part of the glue that keeps these [referring to that of couples] relationships together" as it is "morally true", I feel that this is a logic jump from the statement that people with parts of their DNA that is related to producing more oxytocin causing them to "show more gratitude toward their partners" (from a small study size) and the fact that oxytocin is recognized as holding relationships together in a sense. I think this was a cause-correlation jump.
Thanku from the bottom of my heart❤
Thanks
Very fitting topic for Thanksgiving!
Watching this video improved my happiness. :)
Thank you for doing videos
Well, thank you for this video :)
Thank you, BrainCraft
I've been watching your videos. They're pretty great.
Just one question about this one. How the f*ck happiness is measured in percentage? They just make these numbers up?
IAM greatful for everything .... thanks
thank you for the video!
I think the words we're all looking for is thank you ,谢谢 , or 감사합니다
Gratitude for my Brain
thank you.
Danke
May you do a research about effect of meditation to our brain?
Haha the Blue/black White/gold dress reference :D
Very good video! ive always been so interested in the link between mind and body, cant wait to see how it develops in the future, really hope you enjoyed Europe :)
Thanks you
3:09 forgot to cut. hi there, silent nessy!
+MooImABunny Oh no! It was part of the sugar clip that was running before it but it just decided to take up the WHOLE SCREEN for the last bit. Whoops.
Really The yellow and white/blue and black dress make a cameo.
Thank you!
Thank you for great video 😉
Thank You
i'm not grateful for anything!
should I be phony?
thank you
You should do a video on if "It's The Thought That Counts!"
Thank you for this video :)
Dear BrainCraft :),I would like to say, thank you, very much to you, for taking your time, energy and effort to both upload and share this video with the youtube family :). Thank you, very much, BrainCraft :). I hope you have a lovely day :).
how can you evaluate happiness ? how can they know that they are % 6 happier than before
serveys
How can you measure happiness in percentages?
i was wondering that too!
+Kajo Le Retour Yeah, happiness is very hard to quantify, which is why economists use numbers such as GDP, rather than SNS (subjective happiness scale). Anyhow, usually people are asked to rate their happiness in a scale (1 to 10 or whatever), so this percentages might refer to relative changes in the average scores.
Yeah, that's what I thought. I just find that funny.
Ahhh so subjective! But it makes sense :) thanks for clearing that up
Kajo Le Retour I am distrustful of exact quantifications of happiness. But I see nothing wrong with Vanessa's broader qualitative point about happiness going up after people started keeping a diary.
At 1:18 are the dresses she used to create the "color changing" thing that happened like 7 months ago
I have a question. I have a job that requires me to answer phone calls from people with different backgrounds who have various ethnic, regional and foreign accents. One of my co-workers noted that the longer I talk to any individual, I would (unknowingly) begin to speak in a way that would mimic their accent and cadence of speech. At first I was horrified I was doing this but I came up with an idea to see if I was the only one with this habit. Some of us got together and monitored each other while on the phone. We noted that unless the conversation provoked a strong emotional response (anger/frustration, sadness/empathy, happiness/laughter) many of us would begin to mimic the caller. None of us realized we were doing this. The question is why are we unknowingly trying to mimic others while talking to them? Are our brains wired to try and fit in, achieve acceptance or make our conversation partner more comfortable? I ask as this seems to go against the accent bias mentioned in one of your videos from last year.
+Drew Hall have you heard of body mimicry theory?
Thank you :)
Do mental Illness such as PTSD make people less grateful, I once worked with someone with PTSD, and as much as I tried to help, she would not accept my help and was mad at me when I did a small deed for her. (Ex, pick up something that may have fell, buy her a snack, take trash out, install equipment) Her reasoning was it its "not my job" to do those things, but I felt bad, I was just trying to help, and she got mad at me/upset with herself.
Thank you for your videos and thank God for your cute accent!
moral emotion? From what psychology book is that term defined?
Thank you الحمد لله
I have Gratitude for the energy teachings of the peaceful tai chi instructor
aloha
thank you :)
how did they measure happiness in that study? great video as always xx
I think scientifically they measured it by The Panas Scale(Watson, Clark, Tellegen) The Oxford Happiness Inventory (Argyle and Hill) but, I reckon that they ask also the person himself about how happy they are.
That Mario at 1:00 though
yes'
i'm interested how do you measure 5% increased happynes :D
What happens if thank you is ingrained as a must do and looses value, does it still affect your gratitude?
That's a really good point/question. I despise being told I should be more grateful. No one is entitled to my gratitude and no one is entitled to tell me or anyone else how to feel or when.
I've always thought of gratitude as the expression of an acknowledgement that whatever beneficial or fortunate thing that happened in your life was not of your own doing.
Was the little piece at the end (around 3:10) supposed to be voiceless?
+tallnorthernguy Maybe we should be thankful it is voiceless. Maybe she said something that was not what she wanted us to hear. But would she do that?
'9% happier' how was this measured exactly? As surely happiness is subjective and not entirely measurable other than via brain activity
+Matthew Almond Participants are usually given scales to measure their happiness since it's subjective (1-10). This happens prior the study. Then at the end, researches measure their happiness again with that scale to see if there is an increase.
well thats one way to measure but im not sure if i would consider that conclusive. But at the end of the day im just a student wasting my time watching youtube videos :) thanks for the reply
of course
Cool! What software do you use to make your videos?
Gratitude this is lucky!
Gratitude to God for giving me a brain that functions
Gratitude for my thoughts, Gratitude for my sense, Gratitude for all things I use my brain for. Gratitude for my intelligence
Gratitude for my thoughts, each one is a gift
+Mayyim Ruach Hayyim gratitude for my privacy
Hey, weren't you one of the voices in top trending?
But what kind of sugar is it
I am happy now. :)
I am grateful for the world to refocus itself, remember Greta Thunberg's urgent and sincerely delivered environmentalist point and double down on our intentions and habits that benefit mother nature, neglecting bad habits and distractions to this chief rewarding matter. It is slow and however it will be the most real and satisfying health and gift in its success from consistency.
I am thankful that there are more respectful ways that also save energy and do drastically less harm to the planet yet provide energy and comforts of life. It takes ingenuity and a good heart to pursue creating vegan alternatives for people and to champion and make ways for more biofuel to be created from organic plant sources that already grow on the earth and don't require disturbing the land rather than environmentally imbalancing oil pumps.
The truth is the divine makes environmentalism endlessly abundant because it serves all and it is the foundation of the life of earth, I am glad that there are no limits and we are on our way to becoming a drastically more sustainable civilization. If you are efficient not harmful to the forests and environments of earth you need to recieve a special nonwasteful yet so sweet thanks, heaven is willing and able
what are the effects in the other person thad is helping?
are you in the video "Real Dragon Documentary 2015"? the female investigator sounds like you
I am grateful that I made a healthy decision to buy some berries and leafy vegetables and just eat them raw
I am grateful that I am not eating them in a salad just grabbing handfuls from the bag of leaves.
Thank you from this 1 unique heart, in this never replicateable moment,
the herbs of this world are amazing in the art of life!
When the sun goes into the flower and the leaf, I am grateful and emanating
the lifechanging pheremone of gratitude, when the rain reaches the seeds in the ground and they spring up
I am giving thanks whether I realize it or not.
When a tree or an herb or grass has some liking and compassion on a distractable mental creature such as myself
To share some of its steady still wisdom, in whatever way it is able to be understood by me I am grateful because each time it happens my soul is completely restored.
Each tree is a poem written by the Divine, where humans fail in ink and by mouth, living wood will always succeed
By virtue of its whole being undivided.
Thanks to what keeps it undivided, even myself and you are inseparably part of nature
ありがとうございます Great video, great great great
I'm gratitude of life
danke schon
Are you anyhow registered to Diana from Physics Girl?
You sound so much like her.
How do scientists quantify happiness?