Why are we not addicted to feeling good?

You are addicted to feeling good as a human being you strive for it – it’s a biological imperative, as a person you’re addicted to cigarettes.

The two are not mutually exclusive. Cigarettes have tricked your brain into thinking they feel good when you logically know better, give it some time, it will pass.

Thankyou.

{looks at masturbation hand}

Yeah.. We are addicted to things that feel good.

I would say that the pleasure from smoking is still greater then the benefits in your brain. Trust me, over time the balance will shift. I say that as a mostly ex-smoker.

Ha ha ha ha ha thanks.

And one thing to keep in mind is….

Lets say normal is 100%

Have a smoke and you jump up to 105%.... After that you drop to 95%.
Now the next smoke brings you up to 100%.... After that you drop to 90%

There is a pattern. The one I used is totally exaggerated.

I found myself wanting a smoke while I was taking a drag of one.

I think we forget sometimes about what really makes us feel good, physically anyway. I used to run track in high school, and though I wasn’t the best runner, I enjoyed how my body felt after a good round of exercise. I was able to cope better with my problems then, as well. In college, I started slacking off on exercise and took up smoking. While I quit smoking, not exercising has been a dismal state of affairs for me physically and mentally.

Now I’m realizing that it’s in my power to feel good again. Part of that process is to give myself the right messages: allow that I deserve to feel good and to remind myself of being that runner in high school who felt good and thought more clearly.

as humans we tend to favor what will make us feel instant satisfaction over what we know will be better for us in the long run. we’re definitely addicted to feeling good, though it may not seem like it when you know the risks of smoking. cigarettes release feel-good chemicals though they are bad for you. good luck quitting though, you’ll pull through (:

@tiffyandthewall,nice one.

I am addicted to feeling good. That is why at times I feel bad. I’m hooked on long ago feelings like a junkie’s first trip. I long for the rush again.

My first kiss there was nothing sweeter.
My first car ther was nothing faster.
My wedding day when I said I do no event compares.
The magic when my daughters were born I witnessed nothing more beautiful.

These events made me high as a kite and my regular life is waiting for the next happy fix that will last in my memory.

@leeds, thanks (:

Hum, it’s all about the neurotransmitters, really.

Our “base triggers” are still the same they were when we communicated in “ugh ugh”, namely:

a) Fight or flight
b) Sex, or the chance thereto
c) Very very nutritious meals

These are the three base components that fire off all those happymakers in your brain that will, as a reward, swarm you with either Adrenalin and Norepinephrin (fight or flight) or your body’s own opiates (food), sex is a mix of both.

Your body, smart as it is, is trying to keep all of that in a nice equilibrium in order to keep you going.

Add stimulants, and your in trouble. Why?

Your logical mind “feels good” for not smoking, because “logically/consciously” you know you’re doing the right thing, your body however, would really much rather have that extra burst of “happy transmitters”, thus, you’re not addicted to the “logical” feeling good, but that flood of happy little substances.

Your body/brain doesn’t feel a need to “reward” you, because you’re not supposed to inhale toxic fumes/smoke to begin with, and on top of it, now that you showed it a way to get all that good stuff from the outside it is even grumpier for you not continuing.

All strongly simplified of course

@TaoSan,wow,i’m glad i asked.Thanks to you all.