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Watching Sad Movies Actually Makes You Happier
Jamie Condliffe gizmodo
From bawling your eyes out over Bambi as a kid, to the slow, painful tug of the heart strings that was Beginners, most of us are suckers for a sad film. But a new study suggests that the reason for that might be incredibly simple: It turns out that sad films make us happy.
The research, carried out at The Ohio State University, tried to get to the bottom of our emotional reactions to sad cinema. To do that, researchers sat down 361 college students and made them watch the 2007 movie Atonement. That flick, in case you missed it, features two separated lovers who die as war casualties. That counts as sad.
Before and after the viewing, the participants were asked how happy they were with their life, and during the film they were also asked to rate their current emotional state.
The result? People who experienced the greatest increase in sadness during the movie reported increased life happiness after viewing it. They also rated the film as being better. The results appear in Communication Research. Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, one of the researchers, explains to Science Daily:
"People seem to use tragedies as a way to reflect on the important relationships in their own life, to count their blessings. That can help explain why tragedies are so popular with audiences, despite the sadness they induce."
Previous psychological research has linked sadness with increased thoughtfulness. What's happening with sad movies, say the researchers, is that when they trigger a big enough emotional response, viewers begin to analyze their personal lives and appreciate them more. That makes them happier.
Of course, if your personal life is in complete tatters, you might not achieve quite these results. You should probably watch the Muppets instead.
Taiwan 7-Eleven launches fitness gym at Taipei store
Taiwan News
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Taiwan's 7-Eleven announced it will launch a gym at one of its convenience stores in Taipei, following its endeavor to diversify services at different locations, which have included a beauty service "K.Seren" in Banqiao of New Taipei last month, and a completely automated "X-Store" in Taipei City early this year.
Running from 6 a.m. in the morning to midnight seven days a week, the gym is the first of its kind in the country, and is located on the second floor of a 7-Eleven store near MRT Xingtian Temple Station, although is not pioneering the concept. Japan's FamilyMart started a 24-hour fitness gym last December, and aims to open 300 gyms on the second floors of FamilyMart stores throughout the country within five years.
The gym, 55 pings, has shower and changing rooms, and a total of 40 different types of workout equipment including: treadmills, smith cage, adjustable bench, kettlebells and dumbbells. Shampoo, lotion, and hair dryers are provided in the shower rooms. The gym will charge each guest NT$100 (US$3.36) for the first hour and NT$40 (US$1.34) for each subsequent 30 minute period.
Paid personal trainers for boxing, TRX suspension, kettlebell, weight trainings, and group courses for TRX, Pilates, Barre, and different types of Yoga will also be made available upon request.
The gym is run under the brand name BEING Fit, a subsidiary of the Uni-president Group (統一集團). The group operates all the 7-Eleven convenience store chains in Taiwan.
Beingspa General Manager Chen Pei-rong (陳佩蓉) told media on Monday that the country's second 7-Eleven gym is on the way, and that more gyms are being planned for the central and southern regions of the country.
The 7-Eleven store with a gym will be selling sportswear, underwear, protein bars, post-workout beverages and related products for gym goers.
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