{"id":7490,"date":"2016-11-14T06:37:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T10:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/?p=7490"},"modified":"2020-06-29T09:49:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T13:49:51","slug":"increase-your-happiness-pleasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/7490\/increase-your-happiness-pleasures\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase Your Happiness:  Pleasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This article is in our series about\u00a0<strong>increasing happiness<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>life satisfaction<\/strong>. \u00a0Many people with chronic pain can\u2019t\u00a0decrease their pain. \u00a0So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life \u2013\u00a0perhaps even more\u00a0important \u2013\u00a0is to\u00a0increase the positive. \u00a0That\u2019s what we\u2019ll look at in this series.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s\u00a0look at <strong>pleasurures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pleasures are\u00a0positive, enjoyable experiences. \u00a0Pleasures create immediate happiness and enjoyment. \u00a0Many pleasurable experiences are associated with basic biological drives, such as eating, exercise and sex. \u00a0Activities such as art, music, dancing and reading are also\u00a0often pleasurable.<\/p>\n<p><em>Authentic Happiness\u00a0<\/em>looks at 3 levels of pleasures:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Hi pleasure<\/em>: \u00a0causes emotions such as\u00a0thrill and elation<\/li>\n<li><em>Moderate pleasure<\/em>: \u00a0causes emotions such as sparkle, glee, fun<\/li>\n<li><em>Low pleasures<\/em> \u00a0causes emotions such as comfort, harmony and relaxation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We are usually aware of what brings us pleasure. \u00a0I love walking in the wood, a bowl of chocolate ice cream and a funny TV show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your assignment: \u00a0Add in a pleasure each day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schedule something specific to be sure you have at least 1 thing every day.\u00a0 In\u00a0the next article,\u00a0we&#8217;ll look at ways to increase pleasure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is in our series about\u00a0increasing happiness\u00a0and\u00a0life satisfaction. \u00a0Many people with chronic pain can\u2019t\u00a0decrease their pain. \u00a0So another way to live a more enjoyable and fulfilling life \u2013\u00a0perhaps even more\u00a0important \u2013\u00a0is to\u00a0increase the positive. \u00a0That\u2019s what we\u2019ll look at in this series. Let&#8217;s\u00a0look at pleasurures. Pleasures are\u00a0positive, enjoyable experiences. \u00a0Pleasures create immediate happiness and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7490"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8018,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7490\/revisions\/8018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}