Can thinking quickly make you happy?

Yes:

This experiment found that the speed of thought affects mood. Thought speed was manipulated via participants’ paced reading of statements designed to induce either an elated or a depressed mood. Participants not only experienced more positive mood in response to elation than in response to depression statements, but also experienced an independent increase in positive mood when they had been thinking fast rather than slow—for both elation and depression statements. This effect of thought speed extended beyond mood to other experiences often associated with mania (i.e., feelings of power, feelings of creativity, a heightened sense of energy, and inflated self-esteem or grandiosity).

Source: Manic Thinking, Independent Effects of Thought Speed and Thought Content on Mood” from “Psychological Science”

Please read this blog as quickly as you can. I’m always interested in cheering readers up.