What you should do to avoid 'pleasure adaptation' that will become insensitive to happy accustomed

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People gradually get accustomed to that happiness, even though they feel great happiness due to various events occurring in their lives, such as admission to high school, employment, marriage. And thinking that "I am not happy," I start looking for another happiness and sometimes pursuit of endless happiness is done. Such a state of a person is also accepted psychologically, and from the research which has been done so far, "a way to slow down the speed to get used to happiness and keep feeling happiness from happenings" is also shown.

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Research that has been done so far shows that the excitement of the newlyweds will disappear in two years and that the pleasure of having a new job will disappear in one year. No matter how happy he is gradually getting accustomed to happiness and seeking new changes, but psychologists call this phenomenon "pleasure adaptation" or " hedonic treadmill ". A treadmill is a running machine, which means that "people always run towards happiness but never reach the goals".

A good event will have an impact on the inside of a person, but pleasure adaptation is considered a defense mechanism to avoid such excessive stimulation. It is said that it is sometimes called "psychological immune system" because it returns people to normal state.

However, it is not unlikely that ideas such as "I was married to the wrong person" or "Is not it a good career for me" by pleasure adaptation is often born, and pleasure adaptation only makes good effects for people It is not something to create.

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To avoid negative aspects of pleasure adaptation, you can think of "slowing the speed of the treadmill". This was shown in a paper (PDF file) published by three researchers in 2005, Ken Sheldon, Sonja Lyubomirsky, and David Schkade. According to Sheldon, who cooperated with other researchers and developed a "pleasant adaptation model (HAP)" that slows the rate of decline in happiness, the key to keeping happiness is in "appreciation" and "change".

By conscious of what happened and having a feeling of gratitude, Mr. Sheldon explains she can make more attention to happiness and to make happiness more lasting. If you like traveling, "I am truly happy to be on this trip with my wife, I am thankful that I got a wonderful marriage!", I think that I am feeling "more than happiness now" and jealousy It seems that my heart can not grow up.

It is easy to have a gratitude in the midst of happiness, but it is difficult when negative feelings begin to be born. However, since it is more important to have a gratitude at such times, it is necessary to regularly recall "things that should be appreciated". Even when I feel that bad things are better than good things, "Even if you need to work extra, I am happy that my salary increases as I go on promotion." "Even if a maintenance fee for an expensive house is necessary, It is important that you tell yourself like "I am happy to become nice."

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Also, "change" is mentioned as another way different from appreciation. This is to memorize multiple positive events everyday so that the brain does not become accustomed to one thing. After a big event of life passed, such as "branding leaves growing from the event" such as "inviting friends of new work place to lunch", "rearranging houses", "exploring neighborhoods", "trying new restaurants" Looking at the event will be a means to counter pleasure adaptation. "When you experience a variety of things, they become more memorable and will be used as elements in judging your life," sheldon says.

However, elements such as "appreciation" and "change" are not effective for anyone at any time. If the above two methods do not work, it is ant to try the method proposed by Jordi Quoidbach, a psychologist at Pompeu Fabra University. Mr. Quoidbach argues that "Too good things" is to make people dull and to break "to make yourself happy". In other words, this means that "If chocolate is always in hand, chocolate will not be a reward", so by disconnecting chocolate it will make you feel like "reward" for chocolate again.

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Also, Jeff Galak, Associate Professor of Marketing at Carnegie Mellon University, says that putting sentimental value on experience will be a measure for pleasure adaptation. As sentiment (sentiment) stabilizes with the passing of time, it is possible to keep the heart seeking new things away. Researchers at the University of California at Irvine say that even by telling others about their positive experiences, we can prolong the happiness we feel from their experiences.