Hi all, Here is an interesting article about giving and doing nice things to other people. It's good.
============================================================ Giving: A Natural High By David Granirer, http://www.psychocomic.com/Articles.htm We all know that it feels good to give. Well now science backs that up. According to researchers at the Hebrew University in Israel, helping others habitually may work via the same brain pathways as addictive drugs. Their study found a correlation between prosocial behavior and a gene that affects the release of dopamine. Dopamine has been referred to as the brain’s reward mechanism. It can be artificially released at very high levels by drugs such as heroin and cocaine, causing euphoria. The thinking is that altruism acts the same way, releasing dopamine in the brain and making us feel high, albeit at lower levels than if we did drugs. And the high we get from acts of altruism provides us with motivation to go out and do more kind things. Now it’s been implied that altruistic behavior seems to be an evolutionary minus, since it causes us to waste precious resources better spent guaranteeing our own survival. That being said, it seems that we’re coded both to survive at any costs and to help others. And since helping others makes us happy, and being happy seems crucial to our survival, maybe the conflict isn’t as big as it seems. Furthermore, when we’re depressed, our thinking tends to be very self-obsessed, whereas doing something nice breaks that mode of thinking by making us focus outside of ourselves. Thus the altruism high could be one of natures anti-depressants, rewarding ways of thinking that combat the inward and downward spiral of depression. That’s not to say that acts of kindness can overcome clinical depression in and of themselves. But they can certainly make us feel better when we’re having a bad day. So the next time you catch yourself down in the dumps, maybe your best course of action is to catch an altruism high by doing something nice for someone else. Just make sure you don’t get addicted! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About the author David Granirer gives laughter in the workplace presentations helping hundreds of organizations throughout North America reduce stress, increase wellness, and cope with change. For more information on his presentations, stand-up comedy, products, and articles call (604) 205-9242 or go to http://www.psychocomic.com ============================================================ And because of that, here I am, with a mission to share things that I have with you. Rather than to see them sitting idly in my hard drive. This is the first one: Download it from this page. http://planet.time.net.my/TechnologyPark/mded/greatest.htm And start using it immediately. Thank you for reading, Mahadzir Jaafar 019-3230021 PS: More free stuff like this one and the article will be poured down to your email then. ------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iklan-mini/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
