I was not very happy before National Day, but when I suddenly won the prize, at that moment, I felt that "my happiness is still saved." Later when I read this book, although it was not what I thought, there were more surprises. The author seems to be talking to the readers, writing his thoughts, stories he has experienced, and people he has interviewed. Some psychological experiment results are interspersed in the middle.
Happiness is a magical word. I don’t know what others think, but when I see these two words, I feel very happy. If I think about the scene of this word, I will think of the clear sky, with some lovely shaped clouds floating in the sky, and there are some soap bubbles not far from me, which are shining beautifully in the sun.
When reading this book, I felt that the tone of the author's narrative was like a clear sky. He chatted with others in the book or made efforts to study happiness, just like clouds in the sky or beautiful soap bubbles floating in the sky.
Chapter 1 talks about "happiness in the brain", which starts with shocking. The author asks everyone, "whether you want to be stuffed into a tube, head inward." The author is a neuroscientist and a scientific fanatic who is passionate about brain research. So in the past days, he participated in many neuroscience and psychology experiments . The experiment that was stuffed into the jar was fMRI test. He wanted to know if there was a part of the human brain that controlled happiness.
Unfortunately, the author did not get specific results. But some things the author discovered in the process of exploring happiness may be helpful for us to find happiness. For example, what makes us happy is unexpected good things . If you get a salary normally, your happiness is predictable. But when you find money hidden somewhere in your home, it is unexpected, and the happiness of this thing will exceed the happiness that you get a salary.
The chemicals that make us happy include dopamine , endorphin , oxytocin , serotonin . Maybe you don’t believe it, but 90% of the serotonin in the human body is in the intestine. When I saw this research, I was thinking, maybe I should write down the food I eat when I was happy and eat them the next time I was unhappy.
After each chapter ends, the author's topic to the next chapter is also interesting. For example, at the end of Chapter 1, the author described the communication with Professor Chambers and found that the possibility of finding happiness through fMRI experiments is very low, and the experimental results may not necessarily be accurate. This incident made him less happy, but when he walked home and was almost home, he felt his mood improved. So in the second chapter, he discusses the happiness that residence brings us.
Home is formed naturally, and home provides us with a sense of security, which is very important for our sleep. Everyone’s home in childhood will shape our future personality. I believe in this because I like the house I rent now, mainly because it looks like my childhood home.
Chapter 3 talks about work, Chapter 4 naturally talks about reputation and fame, and Chapter 5 talks about love. Regarding love, one of the differences between humans and animals is imagination. People can fall in love with someone they have never met before based on their imagination. But human love is also fragile. Every relationship is like driving on the road. You don’t know what will happen on the road, nor do you know what problems will happen in this car. Only by trying and making mistakes can you determine what you want.
If you are really unhappy, go watch a comedy. For example, what brought me back from my sad state before was the recently popular " talk show conference ". "It is impossible for people to feel sad while laughing."
does not tell us the ultimate way to stay happy, but the author's continuous attempts have made me understand that if you want to get happiness, you must have the courage to pursue happiness.In addition, you need to accumulate experience and when you have the ability to spend those "unhappy" moments, you have happiness.
Finally, I wish every reader can find a way to make themselves happy!
