In 1925, the American scientist Mackay did a special experiment.
He divided a group of newly weaned young rats into two groups and fed them in different cages, except for the different amounts of food, other conditions were almost identical.
In group 1, Mackay was given plenty of food and enjoyed "premium treatment";
Group 2 was subjected to "discriminatory treatment", with only 60% of the food of the previous group per day.
According to McKay's vision, the well-fed group will be energetic, healthy and long-lived;
The hungry group will be malnourished and will have difficulty surviving.
But the results of the experiment were unexpected:
Group 1 rats were slow to move and did not live for 1000 days;
The second group of rats had smooth fur and lived past 2,000 years before "dying".
This is known as the "hungry rat effect": moderate moderation and good development; Over-satisfied, premature aging and short-lived.
overindulgence, worthy only of falling into low-level pleasures; Only by knowing moderation can you take control of your life.
How many people are falling into the "rat effect"?
Have you ever had such an experience?
I decided to go to bed early, but I couldn't help but open **, and it wasn't until the second half of the night that I fell asleep in hatred of myself all night;
I plan to save money, but after my salary is in hand, I first go shopping to treat myself, and after eating, drinking, and having fun, I look at the balance that is almost zero, and I am annoyed;
* Fitness is on the agenda, but I can't help but "bag" the tempting puffed food, and while living a mouth addiction, I put off my health plan again and again.
Indulgence is like a sugar-coated poison that tastes sweet at first, but eventually paralyzes the body and mind.
Many people, in their unconscious indulgence, become "full rats" who are accustomed to indulgence.
Having fun eating and drinking, it seems to relax yourself, but in fact, it hurts your body and your morale.
Have you heard any of these news?
The 21-year-old girl in the flower season was given a critical illness notice because she was in a bar all year round, which caused her intestines to ulcerate.
A 33-year-old man in the prime of life, addicted to staying up late to play with his mobile phone, felt sluggish and dizzy, and only learned that he had suffered a stroke when he arrived at the hospital.
A "chopping party" stayed up late for 3 consecutive days to squat live broadcast, and suddenly couldn't hear the sound, and was diagnosed by the doctor as having sudden deafness due to staying up late.
"Zengguang Xianwen" says: "Joy is not extreme, and happiness becomes sorrow; Indulgence is indulging, and indulgence is a disaster. ”
If the desire for pleasure and indulgence exceeds the limit and is not controlled, it will be transformed into the opposite aspect and become the sorrow and disaster of life
*: Visual China.
Low-level desires rely on presumptuousness, and high-level satisfaction depends on restraint
In September 2023, a university in Hubei welcomed an unusual freshman.
His name is Xu Wanqi, and he has been standing for a long time.
In fact, he was admitted to university in 2011, but unfortunately, because of excessive presumptuousness, he indulged in online games and failed to complete his studies.
At that time, Xu Wanqi, who had just left his intense schoolwork, was addicted to online games after entering college.
seems to have passed the addiction to games, but in fact he paid a painful price - in 2 years of college study, he only passed the assessment in 2 courses, and the rest were all failed, so he had to drop out and go home.
After dropping out of school, Xu Wanqi also tried to work to earn money and be self-sufficient.
But because he has no diploma, he has repeatedly hit a wall in society.
He was annoyed that he had been mistaken by the game, and that he had only wanted to be happy for a while, but he had paid a long-term price.
In 2022, he decided to study hard and fight for the college entrance examination again.
In a 24-hour study room near his home, he devoted himself to reviewing and preparing for the exam, fighting inertia with perseverance and stepping out of the road to the future with extreme self-discipline.
At the age of 29, he was finally admitted to university again as he wished, and he was determined to continue writing his life with self-discipline and enterprising.
Xu Wanqi once said: "My life has been struggling with self-discipline. ”
The pleasure of indulgence is fleeting, and long-term satisfaction depends on a high degree of self-control.
Medically speaking, the human body has two neurotransmitters - dopamine and endorphins, but the changes brought by these two substances to people are very different.
Dopamine brings a superficial sense of pleasure, usually a transient sexual pleasure, not real spiritual satisfaction.
This kind of addictive behavior bred by "junk happiness" will further accelerate the consumption of people's energy.
Endorphins, on the other hand, are released to relieve pain and resist stress.
In this way, long-term goals are achieved, and people experience inner fulfillment.
It's the same feeling of happiness, but with the opposite result.
Compared to dopamine's "sweet first and then bitter", endorphins are "bitter first and then sweet".
Desire breeds again and again, repeating short-lived "dopamine pleasure"; Only by learning the rhythm can we achieve long-term self-satisfaction.
Instead of sinking into depravity, relying on laziness to release stress and experience the superficial happiness brought by "transient sexual satisfaction".
It is better to concentrate on change, fight inertia, improve yourself, and obtain high-quality spiritual enrichment.
*: Visual China.
The most sober way for adults to live: stay "slightly hungry".
"The greatest distress in life is not to have too little, but to want too much." ”
The reason why people are unhappy is that they are too full of desires, which is easy to breed greed.
Psychologist Hugh Mackay once proposed the "desire-happiness" curve in "The Psychology of Desire".
When a person's desires are small, as long as a small expectation is satisfied, he will feel great happiness;
But when desire increases to a certain level, happiness will not increase correspondingly, but will quickly fall into a trough.
Many times, people don't get too little, they want too much.
If you are not satisfied, you will only fall into the gulf of desire, and you will not be happy in any way.
The ancients said: Life has a degree, and if it is over, it will be a disaster.
Only those who know how to keep their body and mind "slightly hungry" can achieve the fullness of life in moderation.
The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw said, "Self-control is the instinct of the strongest." ”
Our lives are full of longings and desires, and our bodies and minds always want a kind of "satiety" of satisfaction.
If left unchecked, greed is like a creeper outside the window, growing unchecked, wrapping the house tightly so that the people inside the house cannot see the light.
As the saying goes, the desire is self-conscious.
Those sober adults know how to control their desires and keep their minds in a state of "slightly hungry".
Replace frequent TV dramas with concentrated study, explore your favorite sports instead of messing around at home, and choose to be alone and introspective away from "playing" social ......
There is an Egyptian proverb that says:"Man is able to restrain his desires, even if he is in charge of his own life and his own destiny. ”
*: Visual China.
Xiyan said: "The joy of indulgence is followed by sorrow." ”
In this life, what people want is measured, and if they pass, they will become disasters.
The smaller the desire, the more happiness; The more desires, the easier it is to fall into the trough.
Only those who can control their own desires can master the happiness of their own lives, and allowing their desires to be ruined can only be destroyed.
May you be a "slightly hungry" adult physically and mentally, and create a refined life with extreme self-discipline.
Author: Smoke and water are cold, take the pen as a dream, and live up to the time.