tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538027.post114852707324315475..comments2024-01-30T14:16:38.219+11:00Comments on PsychoBabble: Happiness is an electrode in my brainHPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409589783052980600noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538027.post-1150169343238900182006-06-13T13:29:00.000+10:002006-06-13T13:29:00.000+10:00Hi Sarebear,I agree with you totally. I'd take con...Hi Sarebear,<BR/>I agree with you totally. I'd take contentment any day over the constant pursuit of happiness...and that's my beef with a lot of the current push towards happiness. It's almost like settling for contentment is letting the side down!<BR/>Will check out your link!HPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409589783052980600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538027.post-1149176467194733612006-06-02T01:41:00.000+10:002006-06-02T01:41:00.000+10:00I sort of had a brief happiness vs. contentment ep...I sort of had a brief happiness vs. contentment epiphany last December.<BR/><BR/>I actually think I'd choose lasting contentment, over "happiness", which seems like a rainbow; the more you "pursue" it, the more discontent with the lack thereof you may become, and that rainbow becomes ever more elusive.<BR/><BR/>Not that I'm knocking happiness! I just am starting to think of happiness as being the peaks on the graph chart of my life, well, JOY being the highest ones, like giving birth, getting married, and happiness being ones like achieving a goal, reaping the results of doing something that was ornerous but needed doing, going on a really good date, etc.<BR/><BR/>Joy/Happiness feel to me like a wave, but it's always in motion, and always recedes.<BR/><BR/>Contentment, on the other hand, may be somewhat more subtle, but it is a gentle wash over the soul, that wraps you in the very awareness of the NOW . . . . and it is good. No exclamation points, no capital G. I love the capital G moments in life, but I'd love to have a life that was filled with alot of contentment.<BR/><BR/>Paradoxically, I think happiness can actually come through surrendering to the contentment, and quitting the pursuit.<BR/><BR/>Urk, I'm rambling. Here's a link to the post where I found some contentment, while, of all things, flipping slices of Spam in a frying pan . . .<A HREF="http://piebolar.blogspot.com/2006/01/simple-contentment.html" REL="nofollow">Spam I Am</A>Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538027.post-1149025336817027332006-05-31T07:42:00.000+10:002006-05-31T07:42:00.000+10:00Hi JIP,Thanks for visiting. Sounds tempting that w...Hi JIP,<BR/>Thanks for visiting. Sounds tempting that way, doesn't it?HPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409589783052980600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538027.post-1148720745207793392006-05-27T19:05:00.000+10:002006-05-27T19:05:00.000+10:00we wouldnt but then again a short buzz now and aga...we wouldnt but then again a short buzz now and again mightnt go astray like NOW. if it was now we would sign up ;)jumpinginpuddleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02701383598841540578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538027.post-1148692236977472742006-05-27T11:10:00.000+10:002006-05-27T11:10:00.000+10:00Hi Deborah,Yes, it's one thing to look at this kin...Hi Deborah,<BR/><BR/>Yes, it's one thing to look at this kind of thing from the viewpoint of that quest for happiness and another to view it from the viewpoint of an individual who has struggled with depression and found no relief.<BR/><BR/>That's a different ball game entirely. For someone in the latter position, this could be life-changing.HPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409589783052980600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26538027.post-1148651510345326982006-05-26T23:51:00.000+10:002006-05-26T23:51:00.000+10:00The more we learn about how the brain works, the m...The more we learn about how the brain works, the more we have to think about things. <BR/><BR/>I have several patients who suffer with depression. Years of therapy and years of trying different meds...even using ECT. The vagus nerve stim is being considered by one of them. I think for someone like that, the decision to use a shortcut might be a lifesaving option. I always find myself worrying about those two individuals, hoping they can find relief, let alone happiness.<BR/><BR/>Another great post!!!<BR/>DebDr. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340730498047128203noreply@blogger.com