liNa

The thesis of the short film “Happiness is a disease” challenge our common perception of what happiness is. liNa cleverly uses humor and statistics to present an alternative perspective on happiness, and further suggest that there are plural truths. Research in the fields of psychology, sociology, biology and chemistry focused on the question of whether happiness is “good for us”. The author reconstruct her

findings to suggest that happiness is a psychological disease, like depression, that is triggered by a chemical imbalance in the brain and characterized by its delusional effects on the carrier. Happiness influence our decision making, and in a worst-case scenario could threaten the survival of the human race.