DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 days agoIf your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion?message-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up154file-text
arrow-up154message-squareIf your happiness is derived from your enjoyment of a false (i.e. fictional) stories, is that truely happiness, or is that technically a delusion?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoUsually people regard using drugs as false happiness. Or like having a parasocial relationship with a famous person.
minus-squarekelpie_is_trying@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoIf our feelings are formed by chemicals and waves in the brain, then what would be false about happiness from those sources? Is it actually false happiness, or is it possibly just happiness derived from stigmatized/alternative sources?
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Usually people regard using drugs as false happiness. Or like having a parasocial relationship with a famous person.
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If our feelings are formed by chemicals and waves in the brain, then what would be false about happiness from those sources? Is it actually false happiness, or is it possibly just happiness derived from stigmatized/alternative sources?