“It’s a little early for a lot of countries and leaders and policymakers and businesses and organizations to really relax because those negative experiences are still at their highest level that we’ve ever measured,” Ray said. “As people started to emerge from the grips of pandemic … it’s a little bit of a release of that pressure valve,” Ray said.Īnd while there are victories in the increase of positive experiences, it is not necessarily time for celebration, she added. There isn’t direct evidence as to why the positive experiences were higher in 2022, but one could speculate it was a bit of a sigh of relief, she added. “There wasn’t any upward movement, which is a positive sign, but it also stayed at its highest level that we we’ve ever measured,” Ray said. Reduce stress and boost happiness with 4 daily gratitude practices