The relationship between dopamine and happiness. Dopamine is not the essence of happiness, but also a transmission function. Simply put, for example, when you are happy while playing cards, you will secrete dopamine to let your brain remember this situation. Playing cards makes me happy. Next time you play cards, you will secrete dopamine. When you can't play cards, you will want this happy thing. For example, couples who have just fallen in love are very happy together and secrete dopamine. The brain will remember this situation, which is the source of happiness. You will miss it when you are not with your girlfriend. More is the expected return that makes you want this kind of thing. This is the addiction mechanism of dopamine.
Second: the relationship between dopamine and exercise. In fact, after proper exercise, people will sweat slightly, breathe smoothly and relieve various pressures. In fact, you are happy at this time, so you will secrete dopamine to remember the source of happiness.
However, how can you make exercise bring you happiness? This dopamine addiction mechanism is a process. Therefore, when we start to exercise, don't think that exercise is a particularly painful thing, because it makes you very painful, so how can we have a happy mood? During the epidemic, many people gained a lot of weight because they were isolated at home. After returning to work, they felt the layers of fat accumulated on their abdomen and thighs and made up their minds to lose weight. Exercise can't make you happy? Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Your laziness may be engraved in your genes, and lazy cancer begins to break out after a short period of persistence. When it comes to going to the gym, I can't lift my spirits. Everything seems uncomfortable. I try my best to find a reason for not exercising.
Looking at the circle of friends, others are drying the vest line and mermaid line in the gym, and I can't help asking myself: Why am I just too lazy to move? Before answering this question, let's answer why people like sports. In fact, the answer is simple: because exercise makes people happy. This is based on science. When people exercise, the brain secretes a substance called endorphin, which can help the body synthesize serum and dopamine. Dopamine is a chemical that can make people feel happy.
So we will repeat exercise over and over again, ignoring the fatigue and physical pain caused by exercise, and stick to it in order to get sustained happiness. For many people, it is very difficult to quit smoking and drinking, because nicotine in cigarettes and alcohol in wine can stimulate people's nerve center and make people feel happy. But once you start to quit smoking and drinking, the dopamine level in your brain will drop, and people will have a withdrawal reaction and feel uncomfortable.