466 How to Find Real Joy in the Happiness of Others (And how it will change your life!)
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
When something bad happens to someone you dislike, do you feel a little glee inside? Maybe a lot of glee?
Or do you cheer when the villain in a movie or TV show gets what's coming to them?
There is a German word for the feeling of joy we get from the suffering or misfortune of others: schadenfreude.
The other day, I wondered: is there an opposite of schadenfreude? There is, and it's called freudenfreude. This is when you find joy in the success and happiness of others. (It's an English word created from a German word where "freuden" means "joy.")
Today's episode is all about why we experience schadenfreude, its high cost, and how to find real happiness in the joy of others.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there, and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole show that I want to start with a question when something bad happens to someone you dislike. |
| 0:08.5 | Do you feel a little bit of glee inside? |
| 0:12.5 | Or when the villain in your TV series or the movie that you're watching sort of gets theirs? |
| 0:18.8 | Do you internally cheer that something bad has happened to them? That is called |
| 0:24.1 | Shaddenfreida, right? So this is a German word where it means getting pleasure out of the suffering or pain or failure of others. |
| 0:33.6 | In today's video, because I got really interested like what is the opposite of Shaddenfreida? |
| 0:39.9 | Well, turns out it's Fredenfreida. I know that's hard to believe, but it is. And that means |
| 0:47.3 | instead of getting pleasure out of someone's pain or suffering, |
| 0:51.4 | getting joy out of someone's joy. So that's exactly what I'm going to be talking about in this episode of the Terry Cole show. |
| 0:59.5 | How can we actually curate more Fredenfreida in our lives? So I just want to take a moment before we get moving to just say thank you so much for being here. |
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| 1:57.1 | I've managed to set healthy boundaries in my life and relationships thanks to her, which were pretty much nonexistent for me |
| 2:02.8 | as a millennial prior to finding her show. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Terry for the wonderful work that you do in the world. |
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| 2:27.7 | All right. Let's move into today's episode. |
| 2:33.6 | This is the Terry Cole show. And as you might have guessed, I'm your host, Terry Cole. |
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