“Our body naturally produces a hormone responsible for increasing joy and eliminating pain.
for increasing joy and eliminating pain, this hormone is called endorphin.
name of endorphin. Many times we have found ourselves enjoying a feeling of joy, happiness, and the desire to live without
of joy, happiness, zest for life, without finding a specific reason.
reason.
Even when we have had a complicated day, an exhausting morning, we suddenly feel
morning, suddenly, we feel immersed in a sensation that cannot be described, but that makes us feel very
that cannot be described, but, that makes us feel very good, this euphoria, like the feelings we
feelings that we experience and that seem to come out of nowhere,
are actually born from the brain.
When the endorphin begins to
extra doses, physical pain is reduced and love for life increases.
for life increases. As more endorphin circulates in our body than usual, the insignificant things we all see
endorphin circulates in our body than usual, insignificant things we see every day become
everyday become a source of great joy for us. While there are many psychological
psychological factors that influence our moods, it is endorphin that is the
endorphin plays the most important role in determining how we feel every day.
determine how we feel on a daily basis. It plays a very important role in
important role in the balance between depression and vitality. Like
hormones, endorphin is a biochemical substance that in this case acts as an analgesic and euphoric
acts as a natural analgesic and euphoriant.
It is considered
considered the true drug of happiness, considering that it is also a natural chemical
that it is a natural chemical substance produced and elaborated by our body, it does not
our body, it does not cause any side effects and excellent results are obtained.
excellent results. Although nowadays it is material goods that stimulate us to feel
material goods that stimulate us to feel full, we must not forget that happiness is to be sought
that we have to look for happiness within ourselves and aim to find what stimulates the
to find what stimulates the production of endorphins and thus achieve happiness.
happiness. If we face situations with a positive attitude
we will be able to increase the production of this hormone and thus we will be able to live in pleasant situations, take advantage of the
pleasant situations, take advantage of the opportunities that cross our path in this life, get
in this life, get closer to our dreams and thus avoid suffering and lack of pleasure.
suffering and lack of pleasure”.
The above paragraphs come from the best Yahoo answer to this question, without identifying the author. And of course, like everything else, it is incomplete and with a huge dependency. However, it is true and valid in everything stated.
I add however that, since we are body, mind, heart and spirit, or in other words, we are the sum of physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual dimensions, the balance of these dimensions is key. In the spiritual, each person chooses his or her path, while I share with you that I have chosen to follow Jesus, because I believe that he was the one who said he was, by his example, the inspiration and the great teacher of all times. Following Jesus brings peace, love, tolerance, patience and faith, among many other fruits that I can only highly recommend to you. However, of course, this is a personal decision.
But well, let’s go back to adrenaline, because it turns out that this is the natural enemy of the positive endorphin. Intense emotions, the extreme, the risk, the danger, the conquest and so much more, produce the adrenaline that we can easily become addicted to, in direct sacrifice of endorphin.
Let’s see what the Yahoo answer adds.
When a person is in fear or in a threatening situation, the body automatically produces survival behaviors.
body automatically produces survival behaviors, releasing hormones to fight and/or flee.
hormones to fight and/or flee. At some point we have all felt the effects of
effects of adrenaline, we can remember the racing heart, rapid breathing and a desire to flee.
heart racing, rapid breathing and a desire to flee from danger.
Other
symptoms are: increase of sugar in the blood, of the pressure,
decreased activity in the digestive system, decreased blood flow to the organs, the skin becomes cold
organs, the skin becomes cold and sweats, and the pupils dilate. The
effect is that the body directs the blood to the parts of the body that require oxygen to escape from danger
oxygen to escape from danger: the peripheral muscles, the heart, the
peripheral muscles, the heart, lungs and brain.
In labor, for example, adrenaline inhibits labor because:
– It does not allow dilatation of the cervix.
– The uterus receives less blood, therefore less oxygen; thus, contractions will be more painful.
– Endorphin levels drop.
Is that clear? The presence of adrenaline lowers endorphin levels, and with it, all its positive effects. It is important to understand, assimilate and manage it, because there are many of us who have been addicted to adrenaline and all its effects, including that innate willingness to flee or fight.
To conclude today’s blog post on a topic out of the blue, here are some recommendations from the above-mentioned answer to generate endorphins.
Let’s see and then… off we go.
Happy Sunday!
Ways to kick-start endorphin production:
There are numerous formulas to put into action the production of endorphins, without using drugs
endorphins, without the use of drugs, so you can enjoy every day to the fullest.
every day. It is necessary to bear in mind that our organism releases small doses of endorphins which in turn
doses of endorphins that in turn, in a short time, are eliminated by enzymes, also elaborated by our body.
enzymes, also elaborated by our body. This is because
endorphins circulate freely in our body, we would not feel the pain.
feel the pain and this is the only way to realize that there is a physical problem.
physical problem exists, nor would we be able to value happiness when we achieve it.
when we manage to achieve it.
While it is neither possible nor desirable to eliminate these enzymes, there are
While it is neither possible nor desirable to eliminate these enzymes, there are different ways to make the production of this hormone
production of this hormone is constant. The method is simple,
we must enhance the situations that are pleasant to us, thus increasing our mood and
thus increasing our mood and as a consequence will stimulate the production of this hormone.
production of this hormone will be stimulated. One of the first steps is to
enjoy the little things that happen to us every day.
The meals: Enjoying the color, the texture, the aroma, the taste of certain foods
the color, texture, aroma, taste of certain foods we stimulate various senses of our body,
this produces a sensory experience that develops the production of endorphins.
endorphins. We must eliminate gluttony and junk food.
Music: Listening to music we can penetrate into a sensory experience so great that it greatly influences
sensory experience, which greatly influences our state of mind.
mood. To increase the production of endorphins, we must create a pleasant environment, choosing the right
pleasant environment, choosing the music that relaxes us the most or that we like the most.
we like the most.
Physical exercises: We should not do them by locking ourselves in a gym.
gym, the best way to enjoy them is running, walking or cycling.
or riding a bicycle. These exercises help to eliminate depression
and is the best and fastest way to raise endorphins.
Laughter: It is an excellent stimulant of the body both physically and emotionally.
improves breathing, releases tension and produces endorphins.
endorphins. It is necessary to try to recover the good humor, rescuing the ability to laugh and the good predisposition to laugh.
ability to laugh and good predisposition.
Healthy illusions: It is about being able to enjoy the future,
detaching from the past and the bad things that happen to us in the present.
present. To overcome the adverse things by having hopeful projects and dreaming about
and dreaming of things that are possible to achieve. If we keep
and real expectations we will be able to maintain a good mood and it will be easier to start each
and it will be easier for us to start each day.
