Born Happy
Whether you are happy most of the time or generally miserable, you can thank your parents. It seems our “pleasure potential” if we were positive and outgoing or negative and inhibited is inherited. But keep in mind that what is wired in our brains is only a potential. You are not fated to a certain degree of happiness, no more, no less. Medications, cognitive therapy, and possibly meditation and exercise can change brain circuitry and lift spirits. What is more, though you tend to go up and down around your pleasure potential set point, you can make choices that keep you at the top of your range instead of at the middle or bottom. Experts commonly estimate that about 50 percent of happiness is related to your genetic lot, but that still leaves a lot of the balls in our court.
Born happy and be glad.
One Response to “Born Happy”
A lot of our behavior and way of thinking is heavily influenced by our childhood, parents and enviroment. However, like you suggested their are ways to improrve our outlook and emotional well being ourselves without pharmaceuticals.
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