I suspect that there are many programs that would work on these terms. If you can get people to do things, then you can get them to be happier. But adherance is actually quite hard, especially around behavioral interventions for depression.
It’s all about creating the right conditions! For example, almost everyone can meditate 5+ hours a day in a silent meditation retreat centre. Yet very few can do it outside such a setting.
People frequently drop out of silent retreats, and they’re already a self-selected group. Curious where you’re getting you’re data that almost everyone adheres in a silent retreat.
I suspect that there are many programs that would work on these terms. If you can get people to do things, then you can get them to be happier. But adherance is actually quite hard, especially around behavioral interventions for depression.
It’s all about creating the right conditions! For example, almost everyone can meditate 5+ hours a day in a silent meditation retreat centre. Yet very few can do it outside such a setting.
Correction: almost everyone from a preselected group of people who
1) are interested in meditation enough to try going to a retreat where they are supposed to meditate for 5+ hours.
and
2) can afford it.
People frequently drop out of silent retreats, and they’re already a self-selected group. Curious where you’re getting you’re data that almost everyone adheres in a silent retreat.
I’ve done 5 10 day long retreats and just eye-balling how many people were still there at the end, I’d say at least 95% managed to stay till the end.
I also know two people with ADHD who say they struggle a lot with discipline, yet they both managed to meditate 6+ hours everyday on said retreats.
My only data is personal anecdotes like this.