What is Positive Psychology?

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@maureenbarton7548 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite episode so far!

@ajmarr5671 3 жыл бұрын

The Affective Neuroscience of Positive Thinking Positive thinking ‘works’, but works best ‘affectively’ when performed persistently while in a relaxed state. Below is the neuroscience behind this simple idea, which can be easily tested if one gives this slight modification of positive thinking a try. And it all has to do with the neuroscience of pleasure. Unlike other functions in the brain, from perception to thinking, the neural source of our pleasures are localized in the brain as specialized groups of nerve cells or ‘nuclei’, or ‘hot spots’, located in the mid-brain. These nuclei receive inputs from different sources in the nervous system, from proprioceptive stimuli (neuro-muscular activity) to interoceptive stimuli (satiation and deprivation) to cognitive stimuli (novel positive or negative means-end expectancies), and all modulate the activity of these nuclei which release or inhibit endogenous opioids, and elicit the rainbow of pleasures which mark our day. For example, relaxation induces opioid activity and is pleasurable, but tension inhibits it and is painful. Similarly, satiation inhibits our pleasure when we eat, and deprivation or hunger increases it. Finally, positive novel means-ends expectancies enhance our pleasures, and negative expectancies inhibit them. Thus, for our sensory pleasures (eating, drinking), watching an exciting movie makes popcorn taste better than when watching a dull or depressing movie. This also applies to when we are relaxed, as thinking or performing meaningful activity and is reflected in ‘flow’ or ‘peak’ experiences when we are engaging in highly meaningful behavior while relaxed. (Meaning would be defined as anticipated or current behavior that has branching novel positive implications, such as creating art, doing good deeds or productive work) But again, don’t mind this verbiage, just prove it to yourself Just get relaxed using a relaxation protocol such as progressive muscle relaxation, eyes closed rest, or mindfulness, and then follow it by exclusively attending to or performing meaningful activity, or in other words, positive thinking, and avoiding all meaningless activity or ‘distraction’. Keep it up and you will not only stay relaxed, but continue so with a greater sense of wellbeing or pleasure. The attribution of affective value to meaningful behavior makes the latter seem ‘autotelic’, or reinforcing in itself, and the resultant persistent attention to meaning crowds out the occasions we might have spent dwelling on other unmeaningful worries and concerns. References: Rauwolf, P., et al. (2021) Reward uncertainty - as a 'psychological salt'- can alter the sensory experience and consumption of high-value rewards in young healthy adults. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (prepub) doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001029 A more formal explanation from a neurologically based learning theory of this technique is provided on pp. 44-51 in a little open-source book on the psychology of rest linked below. (The flow experience is discussed on pp. 81-86.) www.scribd.com/doc/284056765/The-Book-of-Rest-The-Odd-Psychology-of-Doing-Nothing More on the Neuroscience of Pleasure Berridge Lab, University of Michigan lsa.umich.edu/psych/research&labs/berridge/research/affectiveneuroscience.html

@andrewaupositivepsychology 3 жыл бұрын

Very well scripted and presented. Kudos to you for spreading positive psychology this way!

@kylewilson1498 4 жыл бұрын

I liked what you were saying about going to therapy. Well said.

@markmyren4630 4 жыл бұрын

Nice practice activity! Very constructive process because although I vaguely understand the life I want to lead, it forces you to consider the steps you have to take to achieve your aspirations.

@akumanosakyubasu3467 3 жыл бұрын

happy to be the 1k subscriber, the video is wonderful. hopefully that you become more known overtime.

@thebartonblueprintforemoti9132 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! As time goes on and this show keeps growing this comment will be so much fun to look back on. I never would have known who was the 1000th subscriber without you writing this. I genuinely wish you the best, and thanks for all of your support!.

@MykolaKindrat 2 жыл бұрын

Great channel! Love the quality and depth of the videos. Keep them coming!

@Michaelmyrers0 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice explanation. Easy to understand.

@milliemagic4399 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this. I’m happy I found you. I recently have been into learning more about “flow state”. I learned a lot in your video thank you.

@thebartonblueprintforemoti9132 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you liked this. Positive Psychology is such a giant field this video really just scratches the surface of it. I am planning on doing a future video about flow, but in the meantime, you might try checking out one of my favorite video essayists the nerdwriter1. He does a fantastic episode on flow. Here is the link to it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mojGkqN5YtCln7s

@milliemagic4399 3 жыл бұрын

@@thebartonblueprintforemoti9132 thank you! I’ll look into it. I also look forward to your future videos on it!

@thebartonblueprintforemoti9132 3 жыл бұрын

@@milliemagic4399 Thank you so much! Your encouragement means so much to me.

@christineclarke9063 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much for this advice. The content was awesome and really interesting and the fact you used sunflowers made my heart sing there my favourite flowers Thankyou 🌻

@thebartonblueprintforemoti9132 3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Thank you for checking it out, and that comment about the sunflowers made me so happy to hear. Christine, is there any mental health subject that you would find particularly useful to have an episode about?

@christineclarke9063 3 жыл бұрын

@@thebartonblueprintforemoti9132 thankyou for asking me. I truly believe more awareness needs to be made on emotional abuse this type of abuse is soo real and is so detrimental. Its crazy not even our justice system acknowledges it.