Day 366|| Hedonic Treadmill IV
https://www.healthline.com/health/hedonic-treadmill#bottom-line
The hedonic treadmill is a metaphor for the human tendency to pursue one pleasure after another. That’s because the surge of happiness that’s felt after a positive event is likely to return to a steady personal baseline over time.
In the same way, the negative feelings you experience after a traumatic event also tend to soften with time.
However, there’s good evidence to show that some kinds of happiness are more durable than others. Pleasure that comes from selfless acts, for example, tends to outlast physical pleasures…
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