2006-11-26 11:21:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I can as long as I feel it won't hurt them in the long run.
2006-11-26 11:31:38 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you can...you can help them a lot but at the end it still must be their decision. A true friend will make people feel happy naturally though, the other person won't feel 'obligated' to be happy because that takes the fun out of it if you turn being happy into some kind of chore.
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink" that sort of thing.
2006-11-26 19:24:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Ask them to review what it is that has made them happy in the past. Ask them to relive those events that made them happy. Focus on the elements that were happiest and how they hapened. Usually these "elements" were the individual's response to someting that happened. Consider that we all have control over our own responses. So simlply choose to focus on those things that make you hapy and focus your response on being happy.
2006-11-26 19:26:26 · answer #3 · answered by judgebill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do this all the time.
Not everyone wants to be happy. Lots of people rather stay in familiar conflicts or with familiar patterns or familiar relationships no matter how pathological or troubled.
Peace is not only in short supply because no one knows how to find it.
;-)
2006-11-26 19:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by WikiJo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely.
2006-11-26 19:27:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup
2006-11-26 19:29:20 · answer #6 · answered by [[stephxnie]] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋