Humans generally think that happiness is the same as pleasure. A life full of pleasures is a happy life away from sadness.
But is happiness gained with much pleasure?
The quest for life's joy, as the basic human instinct, becomes the general pattern of the daily attainment of human life, pleasure becomes the goal of life. Based on social psychology research by Dr. Martin Selignman, he found that pleasure has its limits, there are saturation points and different for each human being.
For example, fun because of good food, there will be a limit when the human stomach is full, he can not eat anymore, can not feel anymore delicious delicious food, as the pleasure at the beginning of the first good meal. The same analogy will also occur in other forms of pleasure, such as the pleasure of libido, lust, when the peak of orgasm is reached, humans can not feel the pleasure further.
Pleasure has fun material, such as luxury homes, good vehicles, even with beautiful women though, a time man will meet the point of saturation, bored, he will look for another, no end of his satisfaction.
Psychology of pleasure has a criterion;
- Enjoyable, unsustainable, immortal, unheralded pleasures to others.
- There is a reduction in the value of enjoyment. As an example of good food above, it feels good at first eating it, but if you continue to eat the same foods, will diminish the pleasure, boring, even will not feel delicious again when the stomach full sdh.
Medical and psychological experts who research the human brain at a time when humans get pleasure, found in certain parts of the human brain monitored increase certain hormones that indicate pleasure, such as; dopamine, serotonin etc.
