What Makes People Really Happy?

Video Transcript

"Hello, I am Patti German, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, in New York City. In this clip, I'm going to talk about what makes people really happy. Well, what makes people really happy, more than anything in the world, is a feeling of being understood. When you feel that somebody understands you, what you've gone through, what you're going through, what you're about, what you've experienced. It brings up a tremendous feeling of joy and satisfaction. It's a feeling that I talk about all the time. It's called feeling felt. When you feel felt, you don't feel alone, and you feel that somebody gets you, and when you feel gotten, you feel very happy. It's not about things, it's not about trips, it's not about that. It's truly about feeling understood, and that somebody speaks to who you are, inside. This is Patti German, in New York City."