What kind of people are afraid to become happy? Continuation.

January 25, 2023

According to psychologists, belief in karma and black magic suggests that some people hold supernatural forces responsible for the negative effects of happiness. Perfectionist people can be overly focused on avoiding failure, which causes them to suppress their positive feelings and even view happiness as an obstacle to their goals. Belief in a collective concept of happiness (for example, the idea that a person cannot be happy if his or her family or friends are not happy) can lead people to downplay their own happiness in favor of others.