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However, exactly what is pleasure and what is pain?
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•Pain and pleasure are feelings, or sensations. |
How do they occur, and from where do they originate?
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•It is our brain that produces certain substances which when secreted create a feeling of pleasure.
•It is our brain that produces substances which when secreted engender a sensation of pain.
•Our brain also produces substances that are secreted to repress or numb the sensation of pain and to terminate the feeling of pleasure.
•The brain substances that we crave are those which create pleasure and repress pain.
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Remember, to gain pleasure and avoid pain - that is the natural man or woman's main purpose in life!
The brain pleasure center, or nucleus accumbens, is considered to be a primitive feature by neuroscientists - it is responsible for reward as an evolutionary tool to secure survival.
Nicotine affects our mood by producing sensations of pleasure, arousal and the relief of anxiety.
At this point it is easy to understand why people like to smoke. Nicotine is a legal psychoactive drug that manages to penetrate the brain, altering the activity of certain faculties and causing the body tremendous health deficiency that leads to disease and premature death. However, nicotine also insidiously creates a 'side effect' by promoting the excretion of brain substances that generate good feeling and suppress pain.
The good feelings and the suppression of anxiety are not yours - they are effects of a drug.
They are merely side effects of a drug that alters your brain activity and gradually kills you. But the effect of nicotine doesn't end there in the pleasurable and satisfying sensations of smoking. If anything, these sensations are just a side effect.
While smoking you 'steal' these sensations, they are not yours. But, naturally, you pursue whatever makes you feel good and whatever helps you suppress pain. | |
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