How happy are you?

Life is not perfect but things are about as good as it gets. For most people in this high-scoring range, life is enjoyable, and the major domains of life are going well – work or school, family, friends, leisure, and personal development.

Things are going well and are mostly good. Furthermore, just because the person is satisfied does not mean she or he is complacent. The person may draw motivation from the areas of dissatisfaction.

You are generally satisfied, but there are some that could be improved on, which is normal. Someone in this range would usually like to move to a higher level by making some life changes.

People in this range usually have small but significant problems in several areas of their lives, or have many areas that are doing fine but one consistently problematic area. Some people can gain motivation from a small level of dissatisfaction, but often dissatisfaction across a number of life domains is a distraction, and unpleasant as well.

A number of things are not going well, or one or two are going very badly.
If life dissatisfaction is a response to a recent event such as bereavement or divorce things should return to normal. But chronic dissatisfaction needs change — both in attitudes and patterns of thinking, and probably in life activities as well.

Individuals who score in this range are usually extremely unhappy with their current life. It could be because of life events like unemployment or chronic problems like alcoholism or addiction. Whatever the reason for the low level of life satisfaction, it may be that the help of others is needed — that of a friend or family member, or perhaps professional counselling.