Rushes of Dopamine & Demands of Pleasure

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For the past period, I had been feeling dissatisfied with life with a general meh mood and “okay sure whatever” behavior. Until I realized that I have been acting out on my own life because I have been looking for highs all the time, in my relationships, friendships, work, self, you name it.. 

The kind of highs that push you to wanting more highs with a demand of instant pleasure, and since you cannot get that in your daily life, and the pressure of having one is all around social media pushing the good life down your throat, you tune your mind into needing it in order to be happy, which is honestly purely unrealistic. 

Until I discovered that what matters the most is the simplicity of having an ordinary day and being satisfied with it, having a cup of tea and actually tasting it without being rushed into the next big thing or another exotic tea that you have not tried but SERIOUSLY HAVE TO because you can not simply live without trying, these kind of scam trends pushing needs and musts into our lives are rewiring our minds into a daily competition of a certain metric which no one really in real life can live up to, therefore we are always failing to measure up to that standard or even the high that we had last weekend which we MUST have again in order to keep life “happy”.

We need to learn to take a break and breathe, no seriously, breathe for real, try the 4,7,8 breathing technique .. inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 7 and exhale for 8, and feel the relief that your body is getting from the unrealistic expectations you have been hanging above your shoulders. 

I realized that life is way too simple, we are all ordinary people leading ordinary similar lives consisting of family, friends, and career .. and your entire mission is to make the best out of it while having a few laughs every now and then with a place to call home and a feeling of safety within.

That is all you actually need to feel content, other than that, all the bedazzled show-off shenanigans happening are fading within 10 seconds of a story, and keeping our psychological state on full alert of the word more! So relax, pay attention to what you feel at all times, and start listening to your mind and body for a change and not to what tabloids say in order to sell.

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