Britons ‘personally optimistic, nationally pessimistic’, research finds

Study finds 91% of people feel happy or OK' but have less positive view of the world out there'

Britons are staying happy by divorcing themselves from the fortunes of the wider world, according to research for the Guardian that shows people are increasingly taking responsibility for our own happiness and finding joy in small, everyday moments".

After several years of exhaustion, hypervigilance and anxiety caused by global events, 70% of people polled said they felt like we've lived through a collective trauma". But when asked to rate their happiness, the majority said they were doing all right: 91% felt happy or OK".