do_chemicals_make_happiness Twitch my view's constantly changing... My sense of touch is also a bit out of whack. (coulda had something to do with the effexor i snorted like a month ago...No need for anyone to point out that it was a mistake.) through all this...ive found that happiness can just be a few chemicals inside you...(and how can you control that?) But..even if "I" feel bad, or if "I" feel good...there's still an "I" in the equation. It's the only constant in the equation. If someone could make that part of themselves happy it would make a lot of things easier. 051207 ... andru235 if chemicals *do* make happiness, then chemicals have properties beyond the merely physical ... 051207 ... REAListic optimIST is there happiness outside the electro-chemical? outside the endorphins? is there happiness beyond our perception which we do, in fact, experience? (think JND or just noticeable difference in psych experiments where people's brain registers information they don't "see") can we change our internal brain chemistry just by thinking? 051207 ... (_) if it works[worked?] out that way, then you would be happy no matter what you did to other people, just . . . you would care, or not care, but it would work on the personal level, make you motivated to be happy. or not happy, but you level of happiness would be perfect for your personality-tailor_made_outlook. short answer=i hope they do. 051207 ... Twitch I feel like it's pretty shallow if they do. 051208 ... Piso Mojado no, they create balance 051208 ... andru235 what about, " sassiness " ? 051208 ... ivyducktwilightseto I read of an interesting idea in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick *better known as blade runner*. In the future they have these machines that you can hook yourself up to and select the mood you want to be in. It simply pumps the appropriate hormone into you. Wouldn't these be great for today? Why don't we throw some money into creating that kind of device? 051208 ... Twitch Yea...but its more then mood... Your views on everything can change. all the sudden you can be god...or your best friend can be an assaisin out to get you. 051209 ... IGG or is happiness just a chemical reaction nothing more than a biological expression in our minds? 051209 ... Piso Mojado i wrote balance thinking primarily of ssri's 051209 ... Piso Mojado soma 051209 ... oren Good question. I'm off to the fridge to fill my wine glass to further my research into this topic. [Note: Quite happy at the moment.] 051209 ... Syrope survival of the fittest 051210 ... Juice bar yea...you can be the most talented guy in the world... but if your chemical balance is off...you might not get anywhere. Or you could be not so talented... but if you've got a nice personality...and a good outlook on life, things can work out for you. 051211 ... Twitch I've found that there are two seperate things that chemicals dictate to me. My view on things is the biggy. and my mood. 051212 ... Twitch here....a little diddy I made up about the situation I always find myself In She's_a_fucking_Stoner, She's_a_fucking_Stoner, She's_a_fucking_Stoner, but god, I'd love to bone her (Repeat till you don't know what time it is) 051220 ... oren This_is great. 051220 ... Twitch Well she's got herself a man now... I doubt that it would have worked out anyway. My options for this scenario can be divided into 3 categories... 1. "OMG I hate life! She was special...Nothing else matters!" 2. "There goes that one..." 3. "Who gives a fuck? I'm fuckin awesome...so whatever!" --------------------------------------- Now, needless to say... the first option will lead to a lot of deppression. --------------------------------------- The second is a lot healthier. I can admit that I liked her but move_on. --------------------------------------- Though some may argue, I believe the third to be the best out of all of them. No crappy feelings, just an overall sense of being a cool-ass motherfucker. right now I'll probably go with the third...simply because I recently met a lovely lady about a week ago. 060106 ... Lemon_Soda We train our hearts as easily as we train our minds and bodies...most of the time we don't even realize we're doing it... 060106 what's it to you? who go blather from