Have you ever experienced "arrival fallacy"?

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The term “arrival fallacy” was coined by Tal Ben-Shahar, who has a PhD from Harvard University in Organizational Behavior. Ben-Shahar is an author and is well known for teaching lectures on happiness at Columbia University.

According to "The New York Times," Ben-Shahar defines the arrival fallacy as a popular illusion that achieving a certain goal will lead to happiness. He mentions that the arrival fallacy has been experienced by celebrities and other highly successful people who end up experiencing mental illness and substance abuse even after achieving their dreams.1

Ben-Shahar says that often people who experience the arrival fallacy start off unhappy, and reach for a goal that is supposed to cure their sadness. When they find that success doesn’t fix their unhappiness, not only are they disappointed, but may end up feeling hopeless and depressed. Often, the arrival fallacy only makes unhappiness and mental states worse.4

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old medal syndrome is the phrase used to describe the feeling that many athletes experience post competition. The illnesses and emotions experienced have been described as: Depression, anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem, emptiness, and loss of self-worth. Don’t let the phrase fool you, this is not restricted to only gold medallists. Depending on which article or study you read, up to 40% of athletes experience the syndrome in some way.

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