Happy in Intensive Care and Happy in Intensive Care Christian Edition

We are all born with a level of happiness based on our genetics.  Without taking specific steps, we are trapped at this level. It is possible to find out that level by taking the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. This will measure your happiness and describe how happiness affects your life.  The Life Questions page will show where specific help is available in the books. 

By clicking on one of the Amazon links on the home page, you can see 30 pages of the book without purchasing it.  Reading the book and implementing some of its 31 specific action items will increase your happiness level. This will enable a better life and reduce the possibility of later-life depression. Start now.

Happiness is what the Christian community calls joy. For a Christian, pleasure is due to circumstances and fleeting. Joy is what is in you. For the psychological community, pleasure is due to circumstances and fleeting.  Happiness is what you have in you.

 Note on Happy in Intensive Care

I Thought I Was Invincible
In the spring of 2016, my son-in-law and I backpacked in Laos. We walked across the North East border with Thailand into Laos and ended up at the Southern border at Vientiane. I had been regularly working out, and I felt invincible. 

 In January 2017, I went on my usual seven-mile bike ride around the neighborhood to the gym to work on my upper body. Partway around, I felt weak and came home. My wife, Harriet, said I should go to the emergency clinic. I resisted at first and laid down. I then agreed.  The emergency clinic doctor did some quick tests and said I needed to go to the hospital NOW! I had two back-to-back open-heart surgeries. In the intensive care unit, I had water on my lung. This was taken out. I  was then found to be anemic. The search for the anemia problem led to  the discovery of stomach cancer. The tumor was removed. I then had++9

.+0  hernia at the tumor removal site. Back in the hospital to repair the hernia I had diverticulitis. While I was being treated for the diverticulitis, I got pneumonia. 

The nursing staff at both hospitals were very conscious of my  condition and often asked if I was in pain and need a pain pill. When  asked, I took inventory of my pain. I had some pain, but I was able to  ignore it and I never felt I needed a pill. I engaged with the staff  cheering them up, even the janitorial crew thanking them for keeping  things clean. I found it particularly useful later in the oncology  clinic. Sometimes, the oncology team has to reveal bad news and see some of their patients become progressively sicker. Cheering them up made me feel very happy.

Harriet was very helpful. She stayed with me as often as she could and brought me food. I no longer use caffeine or sugar. As part of my research I learned about the damage done by  sugars and suspected that it may have been part of why I was in the hospital. My wife brought me fresher better tasting food and beverages  without added sugars or caffeine.

I am now recovered. I was  tested for the third time and I have no evidence of cancer. My heart is  fully recovered without stents or artificial valves. I did not get depressed during any of this. I remained happy and used the time to make fellow patients and staff happy.

 I had been teaching happiness at the University of North Florida Osher Life Long Learning Institute. With that medical experience and the  material I had for the course, I wrote a secular book for the course:  Happy in Intensive Care. I realize that it was the fruit of the spirit  that kept me happy. I had the fruit of the spirit and the knowledge of the science of happiness, an unbeatable combination. With this background I wrote the Christian version: Happy in Intensive Care  Christian Edition. 

 I am not a Medical Doctor, I am not a Pastor and I am not a  Psychologist. I am a Scientist, Engineer and a Business Man. Most  importantly I am a Christian. I had help from several accomplished professionals. I was able to stand on the shoulders of thousands of scientists 

 Hand out for three session course on happiness

Life 401.com Happiness tab
Introduction
Effective scientifically proven antidepressants
Have friends that make you happier and see them often
Be thankful and express it to others
Help others
Have empathy
Have integrity
New social experiences
Live in the present
Be in awe
Savor life
Have less stuff
Do not covet
Have a belief system that eliminates being upset (Albert Ellis)
Do not worry about status
Do not chase pleasure
Smile
Meditation
Forgive
Get adequate sleep
Join a Church, Synagogue or Buddhist temple and attend small group meetings
Limit added sugar (Better yet, eliminate added sugar)
Exercise
Have a purpose in life
Reduce stress
Hug as often as socially acceptable
Reduce inflammation

It  is not practical to try everything at once. Try some of the items  listed.  Check on progress with the Oxford Happiness questioner.

Ineffective and counterproductive treatments
Alcohol, Nicotine and other depressants
Candy (Sugar)
Marijuana 

Oxycodone and other opioids
Caffeine and other stimulants
Food

My friend Dan was a great help.

I  have  been helped by my late friend Dr. Dan Heart PhD Psychology who  helped with the technical accuracy of the science, my daughter Janet  Malanga, BS Business, BA Chinese and Registered Dietitian, My friend  Gary who is knowledgeable on drugs for treating psychological diseases,  Pastor George L. Johnson AS, BA, MDiv, DMin  and many others including  my students which have been the best critics.

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