Happiness, based on sociology, is not completely up to you. Your happiness can come from the influence of others, from the place in which you live, and surprisingly, your genetics. In fact, according to sociology, we are shaped by other people around us. We are not individuals, we are a community. The person, sitting quietly in the classroom, has more in common with you than you may think. The person in front of you, driving slowly, has somewhere to be just like you. Everything that you feel, think, imagine, hope for, everything that you do, down to the smallest and most private actions, are influence by others. Everything that happens in your life is shaped by factors that you will never see or even understand. According to sociology, you have no control over your life whatsoever.
For those that are not completely sure what sociology even is, the definition of sociology is the scientific study of social structure. The sociologist, a scientific fellow, studies society based on social structure. If we had the perspective of sociologist, we would see that we are never alone. Our problems are not only ours. Our problems are everyone's problems. I watched a Ted talks video about sociology and he used this example. (Although this is a sensitive topic.) Say in some town, there are approximately 100 suicides every year. Imagine someone is sitting in their room alone, and they are having tough times. The person wants to kill them self, and they have some pills in their hand. They know, that if they take the pills, they will die. A sociologist would look at the situation and think, 100 people would decide to take the pills. This is because none of us are are alone, we are all connected whether we like it or not. In the video he said that person troubles, are public issues. Think of it this way, when you're having some sort of issue or you're angry about something, we go tell our best friends or the people closest to us. Does our problem not become theirs now as well?
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