What Does It Mean To Be Happy? @TheIcedCoffeeHour

the whole problem with the world we

Chase external things that give us

pleasure or dopamine and we think that

those are happiness because no one ever

teaches us What happiness truly is and

so we go chasing these things but the

basic problem with an Oreo cookie your

dopamine is temporary the Oreo goes away

and then you want another Oreo and then

you get more dopamine and then you eat a

third Oreo now you're developing dopam

energic tolerance now you've eaten four

Oreos because you need to eat two extra

Oreos to get the happiness of the first

Oreo and now you've eaten six Oreos

because you're faing this pleasure of an

Oreo and now you're feeling guilty

because you've eaten six Oreos that's

interesting so I feel like a good

guideline would be how do you feel

without any stimuli if you're just

sitting by yourself without anything

good job oh is that you asked me you

asked me a question at the beginning

what was the first question of the

podcast you asked me are you happy and

what did I say you said yes so what's

the answer that you just came up with

what were you saying because you're able

to feel content and happy Pleasant

positive without any stimuli yes