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امیدوارم حال همگی خوب باشد!
دوستان عزیز من به متنی بسیار مفید برخورد کرده‌ام که معتقدم می‌تواند به هر یک از شما کمک زیادی در درک و فهم بسا موارد اموری و زندگی شما کند. برای اینکه این متن را قابل دسترس‌تر کنیم، می‌خواهم شما را تشویق کنم که آن را برای خود ترجمه کنید.
با ترجمه این متن، نه تنها درک خود را عمیق‌تر خواهید کرد، بلکه مهارت‌های زبانی‌تان نیز تقویت می‌شود. علاوه بر این، این یک فرصت عالی برای ارتباط با مطالب علمی به صورت شخصی است!.
Pleasure versus Happiness!!!
Dr. Robert Lustig, in his bestselling book “The Hacking of the American Mind” explains the key differences between the two phenomenon which are often used and confused interchangeably.
- Pleasure is short-lived; happiness is long-lived.
- Pleasure is visceral (relating to inward feelings rather than the intellect); happiness is ethereal (light, delicate, and almost magical, like it's from a dream).
- Pleasure is taking; happiness is giving.
- Pleasure can be achieved with substances (drugs, including immoral behavior, etc.); happiness cannot be achieved with substances.
- Pleasure is experienced alone; happiness is experienced in social groups.
- The extremes of pleasure all lead to addiction, whether they be substances or behaviors. Yet, there’s no such thing as being addicted to happiness.
- Pleasure is “dopamine” and happiness is “serotonin”.
The difference between the two neurochemicals (dopamine and serotonin) is that:
Dopamine excites the neuron brain cells it communicates with. And, neurons, when they’re excited too much and too frequently, tend to die. So, the neuron has a defense mechanism against that, through which, it reduces the number of receptors that are available for stimulation. It does so to mitigate the damage. So, naturally, when you get a hit of stimulating substance or act, you get a rush of dopamine, and the receptors go down. So, next time, you need a bigger hit to get the same amount of rush because of less receptors, and next time bigger, till it reaches the point where you get nothing (called tolerance). That’s the addiction point.
Serotonin is inhibitory, not excitatory. It inhibits, slows down, or relaxes its receptors to provide contentment (satisfaction, fulfillment).
Dopamine downregulates serotonin. So, the more pleasure you seek, the unhappier you get.
💡@Vocabulary_Master
