{"id":161,"date":"2018-02-20T12:32:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T12:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sabri.org.za\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2018-03-10T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T11:52:59","slug":"emotions-are-the-stuff-of-life-without-them-life-would-be-extremely-dull","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/?page_id=161","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Emotions are the stuff of life, without them life would be extremely dull.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07B21J7JW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-130 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pleasure-book-cover-sideways-6-November-2017-268x300.png\" alt=\"pleasure center of the brain, pleasure chemicals in the brain, neurotransmitters, pleasure\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pleasure-book-cover-sideways-6-November-2017-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pleasure-book-cover-sideways-6-November-2017-768x861.png 768w, https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pleasure-book-cover-sideways-6-November-2017-914x1024.png 914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>Click here to get your copy of the latest book by Dr Mark Gillman!<\/h3>\n<h3>https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07B21J7JW<\/h3>\n<h2><strong>\u2018Emotions are the stuff of life, without them life would be extremely dull.\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>How the Brain Controls all Pleasures Including, Sex, Food, Drugs, Rock \u2018n Roll and Others is the latest book by Dr Gillman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on the latest key findings from modern neuroscience professional and lay people alike will discover how the human brain motivates us to seek pleasure and avoid pain.\u00a0 It describes in simple language how the human brain translates pleasures arising from eating, drinking, love-making and music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c0D7wU3vWo0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-164 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pleasure-Brain-Facebook-post-falling-in-love-1-300x272.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pleasure-Brain-Facebook-post-falling-in-love-1-300x272.png 300w, https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pleasure-Brain-Facebook-post-falling-in-love-1.png 381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emotions are the stuff of life, without them life would be extremely dull. Sometimes they are pleasant and sometimes relatively unpleasant. We can only appreciate \u00a0\u00a0pleasant emotions because they are played out on our experience of unpleasant ones. We must not be upset because we experience emotions that are unpleasant but rather be thankful for them, because they highlight the pleasant ones.<\/p>\n<p>We require consciousness for emotional significance. We can alter our conscious experiences by various means but have little control over the unconscious subcortical processes which are an essential component of emotions. The only positive way to avoid extremes of emotion is to raise our level of consciousness using constructive thought processes. The hazardous approach is to use addictive drugs and\/or alcohol in an attempt to detach our consciousness from reality. Beware \u2013 addiction leads to misery which is an inevitable outcome of resorting to drugs! \u00a0Sadly, only those with dementia or stroke victims have the \u2018luxury\u2019 of escaping everyday emotions. So in order to lead a happy and meaningful life we should accept all forms of emotion, good or bad.\u00a0 The trick is to cultivate awareness and\u00a0 \u00a0insight in order to determine the tipping point on the scale at which stage negative emotions become out of balance and are no longer part of our usual panoply of emotions.\u00a0 At this juncture, outside help may be required which invariably begins with support from our loved ones and \/or the interventions of a doctor or therapist.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>This book reveals what dopamine and oxytocin have to do with how the brain controls pleasures<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There is hope for those whose destructive past memories have had a negative influence on their emotional responses. These negative memories can be dealt with \u00a0\u00a0using positive mental efforts in developing a focussed progressive mind-set or through psychological treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Our drive states are neither positive nor negative, but are essential to our survival. It is the manner in which we deal with our drives and our ability to steer the course that makes them helpful or destructive.<\/p>\n<p>We can only experience pleasure by wanting it. And pleasure leads to learning and pleasurable memories. Clearly, the more natural physiological pleasure we can cram into our lives the more positive memories we will create and as a result, sustain a happier life. So roll on pleasure! Many people may avoid pleasure because they are driven by guilt, often based on religious and\/or moral grounds. Don\u2019t fight pleasure, rather embrace it and lap it up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07B21J7JW\u00a0to order this ground-breaking book!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07B21J7JW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pleasure-book-SABRI-home-page-artwork-25-February-2018-2.png\" alt=\"pleasure center of the brain\" width=\"941\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pleasure-book-SABRI-home-page-artwork-25-February-2018-2.png 941w, https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pleasure-book-SABRI-home-page-artwork-25-February-2018-2-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pleasure-book-SABRI-home-page-artwork-25-February-2018-2-768x287.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to get your copy of the latest book by Dr Mark Gillman! https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07B21J7JW \u2018Emotions are the stuff of life, without them life would be extremely dull.\u2019 How the Brain Controls all Pleasures Including, Sex, Food, Drugs, Rock \u2018n Roll and Others is the latest book by Dr Gillman Based on the latest key &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/?page_id=161\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Emotions are the stuff of life, without them life would be extremely dull.\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yst_prominent_words":[32,44,269,22,47,606,31,25,607,24,270,268,27,28,29,36,33,26,30,37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/161\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sabri.org.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fyst_prominent_words&post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}