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Re:She spent 20 months battling to die under a euthanasia la... by avaer on Thursday March 26, 2026 @07:17PM (#47537096)
It's called the hedonic treadmill [1]. There's plenty of things written about it if you want to go down the rabbit hole.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill

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Re:She spent 20 months battling to die under a euthanasia la... by vishalontheline on Thursday March 26, 2026 @11:22PM (#47538799)
Yup - our baseline monkey brain setting.

I do think that a lot can affect one's baseline though: health, drug dependency, stress from life, emotional baggage, etc.

And, I think that happiness can be achieved through practice (gratitude, letting go, etc..).

But yeah, that baseline - life gives some people a below neutral baseline.

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