Thrilled to death : how the endless pursuit of pleasure is leaving us numb / Archibald D. Hart.

By:

Hart, Archibald D [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780849918520

Subject(s):

Pleasure

LOC classification:

BF515 .T475 2007
BF515

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Table of contents

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Contents:

The Many Pathways to Pleasure -- Pleasure or Happiness? -- Stress and Anhedonia -- Saving Our Children from Anhedonia -- When Pleasure Becomes a Hidden Addiction -- Sexual Anhedonia.

Step 2-Recapture the Joy of Little Things -- Step 3-Control Your Audience -- Step 4-Use Humor to Enhance Your Happiness -- Step 5-Develop Appreciation and Gratitude -- Step 6-Master Relaxation and Meditation -- Step 7-Make Space for the Things That Matter.

Abstract: Our headlong pursuit of pleasure is killing our ability to experience the very pleasure we are pursuing. DVDs, Northern Mariana Islands3s, GameBoys, NASCAR, movies, television, live shows, sports, travel, water parks, theme parks, cruises, specialty restaurants--the list is endless. We have far more access to pleasure than any society in history. And we enjoy it less. Our overindulgence in pleasure, says psychologist Archibald Hart, is literally making us numbered We are overloading our bran's pleasure circuits and dulling our satisfaction in ordinary pleasures, which in turn drives us to seek more intense and sensational experiences to revive the dying thrills. The result: addiction to extreme forms of stimulation, boredom with the ordinary, and even anhedonia. Anhedonia is a condition in which the pleasure system shuts down completely, leaving us unable to enjoy pleasure at all. In Thrilled to Death, Dr. Hart explains the causes of pleasure loss and offers seven steps to recovering real joy.

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"Includes 7-step recovery process", on cover page.

Part One: The Inability to Experience Pleasure

Part Two: Seven Steps to Recovering Your Pleasure

Includes bibliographical references.

Where Has All Our Pleasure Gone? -- The Many Pathways to Pleasure -- Pleasure or Happiness? -- Stress and Anhedonia -- Saving Our Children from Anhedonia -- When Pleasure Becomes a Hidden Addiction -- Sexual Anhedonia.

Step 1-Seek the Right Form of Pleasure -- Step 2-Recapture the Joy of Little Things -- Step 3-Control Your Audience -- Step 4-Use Humor to Enhance Your Happiness -- Step 5-Develop Appreciation and Gratitude -- Step 6-Master Relaxation and Meditation -- Step 7-Make Space for the Things That Matter.

Our headlong pursuit of pleasure is killing our ability to experience the very pleasure we are pursuing. DVDs, Northern Mariana Islands3s, GameBoys, NASCAR, movies, television, live shows, sports, travel, water parks, theme parks, cruises, specialty restaurants--the list is endless. We have far more access to pleasure than any society in history. And we enjoy it less. Our overindulgence in pleasure, says psychologist Archibald Hart, is literally making us numbered We are overloading our bran's pleasure circuits and dulling our satisfaction in ordinary pleasures, which in turn drives us to seek more intense and sensational experiences to revive the dying thrills. The result: addiction to extreme forms of stimulation, boredom with the ordinary, and even anhedonia. Anhedonia is a condition in which the pleasure system shuts down completely, leaving us unable to enjoy pleasure at all. In Thrilled to Death, Dr. Hart explains the causes of pleasure loss and offers seven steps to recovering real joy.

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