How happy is the average person?

Question

On a scale of 1 - 10, what do you think the average person would rate their general happiness (satisfaction with life in general)?

What would you rate yourself?

Answer 1

The average person, by definition (yours), has average happiness.

That's not the same as "satisfaction in general."

Answer 2

I would say 5 or 6

Answer 3

On average I think people are just usually 5-7. It depends what theyre doing I guess?  

Answer 4

average person: 6

Me:2

Answer 5

I would say that most people appear to be a 5.  I mean happiness is all relative.  So many people seem to be happy, but inside they may be really depressed and lonely.  Most people also seem to have good days and bad days- they are not the same all the time.  I would rate myself a 4.  I am not as happy as I would like.  I am trying so hard to make new friends and to be content with life.  Maybe someday I will be happier.

Cheers!

Answer 6

Trick question? You figure out how we really feel about ourselves by asking us how happy we are related to how happy we think everyone else is...

Well, I can't tell you how happy the average person is. Reason being - the average person thinks I'm happy.

On a scale of 1 - 10, at this point in my life, I'm near a negative 4.

Answer 7

avrg person; anything between 5-7

me; like an 8

Answer 8

  on a scale of 1-10  most are about a 5-6 I'm a 2 but that's just me.

Answer 9

People are as happy as they want to be.

Answer 10

What is an average person ? Obviously you don't travel. You know that 700,000 Chinese make less than $2.00 a day. 300,000 laborers in India make less than that. That's three times the number of people livng in the US. I would rate myself a 10 because I have seen how these people live.

edit: average - 6.  Me - 9 at 47 yrs

Answer 11

The average person will rate happiness as 4. S/he is not happy... rather doesn't know how to be happy. This is purely a emotional/mental state that can influence the physical state as well.

Happiness is directly proportional to the fine balance of physical, intellectual and emotional fulfillment.

What if something is missing from these three? The fourth dimension will help fill up. It is called the spiritual being.

Hence, Meditators are the happiest lot due to the fact that meditation expands our experience of life.

I rate my happiness quotient as 8.