#427 What Is Happiness (Peace vs. Ecstasy)
Happiness Podcast
Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
4.4 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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What Is Happiness (Peace vs. Ecstasy)
What is happiness? Is happiness, ecstasy, "an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement?" Or is happiness, peace, "freedom from disturbance; tranquility?" Understanding what happiness is, is the most effective way to help happiness appear in our lives more often.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. |
| 0:07.0 | Happiness. What is happiness? I mean this is the happiness |
| 0:12.0 | podcast so we should know what it is. I mean after all |
| 0:16.0 | doesn't everyone know what happiness is? I actually don't think so. Let me explain |
| 0:21.6 | there's a psychological disorder called manic depression. You may have heard of it before. |
| 0:28.2 | Unfortunately it is somewhat common in our world. A lot of people struggle with it and it's a very difficult |
| 0:34.5 | disorder if you do struggle with it. Manic depression can manifest in a |
| 0:39.2 | variety of ways, but one of the most common ways and that people I think know best is where people have very high highs. |
| 0:47.0 | They're excited, they're elevated, they're energetic, sometimes they're angry, they're very motivated, they just have lots of energy and it's like ecstasy |
| 0:56.5 | almost and then the crash comes and the depression comes and they feel horrible, they feel |
| 1:02.3 | terrible, they feel suicidal sometimes. |
| 1:05.0 | It's a very difficult disorder to have and it's also very difficult to treat because even though there are things we can do to help people that have manic depression, |
| 1:15.1 | they often don't seek the treatment because they really enjoy the highs. |
| 1:18.7 | The manic parts are so good, they're actually willing to go through the depression part just so they can have that manic |
| 1:25.0 | phase again. |
| 1:26.1 | They love that ecstasy, that excitement, those thrills, whatever they get when they're |
| 1:31.2 | in the manic phase. And I actually think when people think about |
| 1:35.0 | happiness, this is what they think about. An intense manic phase where everything is just blissful. |
| 1:42.6 | And when they think about happy people, |
| 1:44.2 | that's what they expect them to be experiencing. |
| 1:46.6 | Just an intense ongoing season of bliss. |
| 1:51.8 | But this is why I brought up the disorder manic depression because that is more |
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