Dopamine and Happiness - Deepstash
Addiction vs Happiness

Addiction vs Happiness

  • Addiction is a progressive narrowing of the things that bring you pleasure.
  • Happiness is a progressive expansion of the things that bring you pleasure. The former emerges passively.

The latter takes work, deliberate abstinence from no-effort-to-high-dopamine behaviors & drugs. Like directed attention, conscious understanding, mindfulness etc.

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vladimir

Life-long learner. Passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship, philosophy, Buddhism & SF. Founder @deepstash.

CURATOR'S NOTE

A very functional definition of happiness

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