Give Up Hope = Be Happier? Yes, please

An interesting article from the Daily Telegraph on giving up hope and becoming happier for doing so.

GIVING up hope can actually make some people living with a serious illness happier, according to US researchers who have found a "dark side of hope".

A study by the University of Michigan Health Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine involved a group of adults who had their colons removed.

In total 41 people were told their colostomy was reversible and they could undergo a second operation to reconnect their bowels after several months and get rid of their colostomy bag.

Another 30 individuals were told that the colostomy was permanent.

The study, published in the latest issue of Health Psychology, found the second group, the one without hope, reported being happier over the next six months than those with reversible colostomies. Full article here.