Comments on: The Pursuit of Happiness http://mindhacks.org/the-pursuit-of-happiness/189/ Tips and Lessons on the Science of Mind Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:34:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Randolph http://mindhacks.org/the-pursuit-of-happiness/189/comment-page-1/#comment-14701 Randolph Sat, 19 May 2007 22:02:08 +0000 http://www.mindhacks.org/2007/05/08/the-pursuit-of-happiness/#comment-14701 The single strongest predicter of heart disease has nothing to do with diet, exercise, obesity, or smoking and everything to do with your attitude. When it comes to healthy hearts the don't-worry-be-happy crowd has the edge over the angry or the depressed. (Hillel Cohen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) Chocaholic? Need an extra push into "synthetic" happiness? The benefits of chocolate (dark, natural, no processed sugar, artificial ingredients or GMO's) include the following: antioxidants combat cell damage, endorphins make you feel good, helps with lactose intolerance, helps reduce alcohol intake, chromium controls blood sugar, and it actually fights tooth decay. (USA weekend, 1998) So, according to mainstream psychology all we really need is an extra shot of endorphins and even the apocalypse would be a drop in the ocean. Therefore, conventional psychology must also assume that love can be "synthesized" the same as happiness. (Is there any spirituality in mainstream psychology?) Falling in love is phenylethylamine addiction. Heartbreak is phenylethylamine withdrawal. The person you are in love with is only an artifice in the ritual you use to cause your brain to manufacture this drug. (Gary Spink, Monash University) The single strongest predicter of heart disease has nothing to do with diet, exercise, obesity, or smoking and everything to do with your attitude. When it comes to healthy hearts the don't-worry-be-happy crowd has the edge over the angry or the depressed. (Hillel Cohen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

Chocaholic? Need an extra push into "synthetic" happiness?

The benefits of chocolate (dark, natural, no processed sugar, artificial ingredients or GMO's) include the following: antioxidants combat cell damage, endorphins make you feel good, helps with lactose intolerance, helps reduce alcohol intake, chromium controls blood sugar, and it actually fights tooth decay. (USA weekend, 1998)

So, according to mainstream psychology all we really need is an extra shot of endorphins and even the apocalypse would be a drop in the ocean.

Therefore, conventional psychology must also assume that love can be "synthesized" the same as happiness. (Is there any spirituality in mainstream psychology?)

Falling in love is phenylethylamine addiction. Heartbreak is phenylethylamine withdrawal. The person you are in love with is only an artifice in the ritual you use to cause your brain to manufacture this drug. (Gary Spink, Monash University)

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