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Old Tue, Sep-19-17, 10:01
Zei Zei is offline
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The semantics of "pleasure" versus "happiness" as definitions, like all attempts to define an idea using language, can be a bit of a challenge to pin down exactly what is meant, but that the one ("pleasure") stimulates the neurotransmitter dopamine leading to specific results including potential addiction and that the other ("happiness") utilizes serotonin with a very different physiological result caught my attention. Regardless of what words are used to label them, those are two very different processes going on with very different results. And Lustig's explanation on how to tell which one you're experiencing: I had some and makes me want more, need even more next time to get the same effect, versus: I had some now I'm okay, don't need more right now, don't need a bigger hit next time. I found that very enlightening.
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