Does self-reflection make people happier?

Does self-reflection make people happier?

Lynn Ianni (Psychotherapist) gives expert video advice on: How do thought patterns affect happiness?; Do happy people think differently from unhappy people?; What are some characteristics of depressed thinking? and more...

I think you need to know yourself, so to the extent that self-reflection allows you to know how you work, who you are, and how you function both in a positive and negative sense. It's helpful, but if it becomes that kind of self-reflective, navel-gazing, self-analysis that's so introspective that you become distant from the world, and disengaged, and obsessive - I don't think it's productive.