What is happiness? I'd like to know the truth behind it.

Happiness is overrated, Contentment is where it's at.

Not dopamine before any retard says so.

A primitive simulacrum of will.

>>1563042
Happiness is a prolonged state of contentment
A prolonged absence of discontentment

>>1563116
>he wants a bullshit answer

happiness is the wind beneath a doves wings. it is morning dew, the sunrise, and a child's laughter.

>>1563185
Dopamine isn't happiness even by formal definition.

>>1562981
I've heard that "happy" come from an old german word for "luck", meaning people who are happy are just lucky.

harmony between purpose and function

I see happiness as being an activated state of mind, a flourishing of the mind. Contentment could just be an acceptance of things as they are, or the state of being free from suffering in a passive sense. Happiness involves some kind of energy towards something. A positive energy.

>>1563185
Dopamine isn't even the "happy chemical" it's more to do with impulsive wanting.

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Happiness is our encounter with God.
In other words, happiness is listening to Genesis.

>>1563290

I hope you have a fantastic day, anon.

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>>1562981
Happiness is like something you see from the corner of your eye, no matter how fast you turn, you will never be able to catch it.

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Eudaimonia is living well; virtue in action.

Part fortune, and goods of the world,
with excellence enfolded with reason.

>>1562981
Oxytoxin.

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>>1562981
Dopamine, seratonin, enorphins, cannabanoids, and other neurotransmitters that tickle the happy centers of the brain.

Too bad firing these off via substances leads to absolute sadness in the long run. Without homeostasis in the brain, you cannot adapt.

Truly you need the valleys to enjoy the peaks, at least in the long run.