I feel it. What you were saying about chasing positive feelings or avoiding discomfort really resonates with me. I think that by doing that we interrupt necessary cycles and fluctuations in our mood. When something good happens, you can't stay in that heightened positive mood forever. eventually you're going to go back down to baseline. If someone thinks that it's a problem to go back down to baseline, and they use crutches and other kinds of things to try and maintain a heightened mood, they interrupt the natural process that is our up and down pattern of emotion. I think it is wise to let it run its course and to let ourselves ebb and flow.
I feel it. What you were saying about chasing positive feelings or avoiding discomfort really resonates with me. I think that by doing that we interrupt necessary cycles and fluctuations in our mood. When something good happens, you can't stay in that heightened positive mood forever. eventually you're going to go back down to baseline. If someone thinks that it's a problem to go back down to baseline, and they use crutches and other kinds of things to try and maintain a heightened mood, they interrupt the natural process that is our up and down pattern of emotion. I think it is wise to let it run its course and to let ourselves ebb and flow.
If coffe is a crutch for mood stabilization isnt excercise as well?
I cut back tremendously and now i am trying to workout when i feel the need to drink it