Happiness, joy, pleasure... Words and feelings familiar to us from the first moments of life and bringing huge sense in this life.
To feel happiness, the person beholds the nature and is engaged in art. To feel joy, we look for pleasant people in communication and we spend with them much time.
The lack of happiness, joy and tranquility leads to probema with health. So, without feeling of joy it is impossible to resist effectively to the stress which is, as we know, the frequent reason of diseases of heart and a hypertension. Even small inflow of joy gives to the person a cheerfulness charge, raises and strengthens his immunity and also lowers arterial blood pressure.
In search of pleasure we aspire on a career ladder up and we work on a difficult task to see result and to be satisfied. All positive emotions make for us the desired purpose on a long course of life. In this article we will talk about that from where these pleasant vital moments undertake, and we will consider the reason of their emergence — pleasure hormones.
What is it
Hormones which cause joy and pleasure in the person are called endorphins. Actually, many think that these substances are capable to cause even euphoria (condition of pleasure and entire happiness), but in this process of participation only hormonal it is not enough. Effect of endorphins is limited to the fact that they can reduce pain and improve mood.
Important! Endorphins belong to natural opiates and are a peculiar drug for our brain.
These substances are produced in a brain hypophysis. They are formed of substance which is called beta lipotrofin, and influence work of all endocrine system. Carry serotonin, dopamine and endorphin to group of these hormones.
Main functions of hormone of happiness
And, of course, these hormones are necessary to us not just like that. In most cases emission of endorphins is caused by external irritants on which our hypophysis responds. Here examples of such external influences:
- Existence of danger — hormones have the anesthetizing effect and accelerate the speed of cognitive (cogitative) process.
- The danger passed — endorphins calm an organism and put work of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive and musculoskeletal systems in order.
- Relaxation after awareness of safety — hormones provoke the joy and satisfaction that the person survived.
- In the presence of injuries endorphins raise a pain threshold of the person and if necessary help to fall asleep quicker to restore forces.
- Restoration of an organism after traumatized — hormones intensify regeneration of the damaged fabrics and provoke release of reserve forces of the immune system.
- Assimilation and the analysis of the endured negative experience — hormones help to think quicker at the expense of what the person who endured a stress will draw conclusions how to avoid an unpleasant situation further.
Whether you know? In Ancient Rome the people noticed that wounds of winners heal quicker, than wounds of losers. Such regeneration is proved by development of a large amount of endorphins at the soldier who gained a victory in fight.
What depends on and how to increase level
Level of production of endorphins depends first of all on work of a hypophysis. After this gland production of hormones is influenced by the level of the had stress which happiness hormones have to extinguish. It is necessary for us for maintaining mind and sensible thinking. The person can be in depression at violation of work of a hypophysis, in the absence of substances which promote work of a hypophysis and all endocrine system (for example, acids tyrosine and tryptophane) and in the presence of the high long level of a stress.
Fortunately, the level of endorphins can be increased in the artificial way, for example, using pharmaceutical medicines. Medicines with hormones of a hypophysis are appointed only to sick people at whom the persistent depression and violation of work of endocrine glands is traced. Only your attending physician after detailed inspection can appoint such medicine, use of such pharmaceutical means has a set of contraindications and side effects. Also, when problems with a hypophysis are not so expressed, it is possible to increase the level of hormones of happiness in the natural and pleasant ways.
Music
The person noticed influence of music on the state long ago. So, the quiet measured melody helps to calm nerves and quicker to fall asleep, rhythmical and loud makes active internal reserves of energy when we in kind mood, and irritates when we very much were tired.
It is important! To increase the level of production of endorphins, pick up the favourite composition corresponding to your mood, and start listening.
Our brain best of all perceives certain musical constructions already known to him and can give different reaction to music. Listening of your favourite songs at different times often shows day different results.
Food
People very much love and get used that the pleasure brings to them. Food — not an exception. In our century of prosperity and the developed technologies the people in the majority of the countries forgot for a long time what is hunger, and learned excesses of products. That tasty food is an obligatory part of day for the person we do not cease to observe people with obesity or just happy people who can combine receiving endorphins both from food, and from other sources of pleasure.
The healthy nutrition plays an important role in increase in level of endorphins. The unbalanced diet and deficiency of vitamins reduce the level of joy hormone.
Here the list of products which will help to produce bigger amount of hormones of happiness:
- bird's eggs;
- ripe apples;
- bananas;
- beet;
- strawberry;
- haricot;
- dates;
- sesame;
- milk and fermented milk products;
- dark chocolate;
- buckwheat;
- oats;
- tomatoes;
- sea fish and seafood.
Important! You should combine pleasure sources not to suffer from the excess weight or other consequences which bring excesses.
Sex
People who were already tired to eat tasty, understand that the surplus of energy needs to be spent. And it is the best of all for our ancient instincts of reproduction to spend it with advantage to please. Sex — the known source of hormone of pleasure, at stimulation of genitals is noticed significant decrease in pain and considerable improvement of mood after the received orgasm.
Travel
New experience and new places also positively influence work of a hypophysis and help to produce to it as much as possible hormones. In this way of receiving hormones of joy there is also other party — often during the travel of people can face troubles which will cause adrenaline emission, endorphins will respond to this hormone to calm us and to decide what to do next. After the solution of difficult situations, we always lighten also joy, it is connected with the same emission of substances in blood. Such interaction of hormones with a brain is necessary also because allows us to remain in limits of reasonable behavior during radical situations.
Hobby
To the person not only social self-realization, but also emotional relaxation from vanity of gray everyday life is important. In this case to us our favourite hobbies and occupations come. Spending time behind playing music, drawing or collecting wooden ships, the person derives pleasure from hobby, and the level of endorphins significantly grows, strengthening our organism and nerves.
Sport
At sports activities our muscles and joints test essential tension. Such active work often causes delayed onset muscle soreness after classes, but during the activity we do not feel so strong painful manifestations. It is connected with the fact that a hypophysis, receiving signals from muscles that the person is very active now, begins to produce more endorphins that we in case of trouble could claim the life far away from danger. Because of such measures of the help of people after sports activities feels pleasure and inflow of internal energy.
Massage
Masterful relaxation and razminaniye of muscles helps to get rid of an excess stress and to have a rest. You should remember that types of massage there is great variety, and it is the best of all to choose the classical or weakening massage at experts.
Whether you know? In the seventies the 20th century the European scientists found endorphins by means of the Chinese medicine. The Chinese healers anesthetized acupuncture extensive sites of a human body, releasing compounds of natural morphine. Having studied this phenomenon, the European experts called these substances endorphins internal morphines.
Pregnancy
Only future mother can feel shows of hormones of joy during incubation. During this important period the women have a reorganization of an organism owing to which many hormones of happiness are produced, and the woman changes in the eyes. During incubation of a cell of a female body are updated quicker usual, and the hypophysis from existence of a fruit begins to produce more antistress hormones to prevent emergence of problems or termination of pregnancy. It were the main ways of obtaining bigger amount of hormones of happiness, but now let's discuss with what the absence or the shortage of endorphins is fraught for our organism.
What can lead a lack of hormones to
The depression, apathy, fatigue and other negative sides of our mood which sometimes do not want to stop pursuing the person — here is how are called shortage consequences in an organism of hormones of joy which are necessary for socialization and life in general. The lack of hormones is reflected not only in a psychoemotional state (bad mood, disappointment in lives, suicide bents), but also on a physical condition of an organism, the speed of regeneration of fabrics will decrease, and forces of immunity are quickly exhausted. If you note at yourself long apathy and can please nothing you, then address the endocrinologist for clarification of the reasons of such state.
Here the main data on what is endorphins when they are developed that is necessary for their receiving and what the lack of these substances for an organism is fraught with. God bless you and with attention you treat the body and an emotional state.