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Question: Is happiness just a neurological chemical response!?
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My Philosophy teacher said that happiness depends on 3 things: 1!.love 2!. lack of guilty conscience 3!. success!.

This one of the rare things on which I agree with him!. I think the neurological chemical repsonse is rather the consequence of happiness, or lack or happiness!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes, it could just be caused by high levels of serotonin, which is a chemical, thats why dolphins are so happy they're serotonin junkies, there loaded with the stuff!. thats also why anti-depressants like Prozac have serotonin in them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well everything you experience in life is a result of brain cells, chemically and electrically firing in sequence to form what you percieve to be reality!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I have no clue, I never thought about it!. Just enjoy the time of happiness!. As a matter of fact, happiness is her!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yeah thats to do with the chemicals, infact every "emotion" is determined from increase/ decrease in certain chemicals in the brain!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If everything is a chemical response, how does that make you feel!? I prefer to think we are in control!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

everything is just a chemical responseWww@QuestionHome@Com

No!. It takes more than chemical to make me happy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yep, it says so on my bottle of happy pills!.Www@QuestionHome@Com