Dr Emily - The (pesky) Hedonistic Treadmill
The Imperfects
00:00
The Power of Genetics
We can control 40% of where we sit on some kind of spectrum of well-being and happiness. How much does our genetics influence our ability, are they separate categories or does our Genetics influence our ability to act on the independent control? That's a really, I think that's a really good question. And like, for example, if there is a history of depression in your, in your family, then that might increase your vulnerability towards developing depression based upon your genetic. But then it's also based upon how you were parented to,. because if you had a parent that was depressed, then their ways of coping are modeled to you. It's not necessarily just genetics in that circumstance
Transcript
Play full episode
