Does money matter to get happiness? Most people take this in a generalized way. They may abruptly reply without realizing that the human character is very intricate, and a generalized reply will not be correct to explain it. We will discuss here if money can actually get happiness.
The truth:
If a child is brought up in an affluent way and grows into a wealthy adult, he may always feel very glad to show off his richness and impress people with it. On the other hand, if he were raised in a poor family where he was denied every expensive thing, he would certainly feel unhappy. It will bother him when around people with money.
This is a typical example of where money brings happiness. So we can say money can get happiness for some people.
But, a person may have different types of needs. He is wealthy, but he feels lonely as he does not have any friends. Can money get him friends and make him happy? His being rich will not increase his level of happiness.
If you rate happiness on a scale of 1 to 10, money may give him happiness at a level around 4. He cannot reach a score of 10 unless his need to have friends, and social life improves.
So money may get you the material things and not real happiness. There are other things in life that matter for happiness rather than money alone.
Lack of money
If someone is poor and is struggling hard to make his way and buy things, he can be really strained and feel unhappy. If thi8s stress is sustained, it can lead to depression. Therefore, being deficient in money can push one to sadness.
Conclusion
For those deficient in money, it can make their lives unhappy to a great extent. Of course, the level of unhappiness will be governed by other non-money factors. All of this combined may add to or further deterioration of his level of happiness. At the same time, rich people may not be happy spite having enough money to buy anything as they lack joy due to other aspects of life, which cannot be taken care of by money. So money cannot always buy happiness.
