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The Fun of Eating a Pepper Hotter Than the Sun
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Binain Masochism
The positive hit we can get from chosen pain doesn't require putting ourselves in actual physical danger. We just need to do something that our brain will falsely interpret as perilous. Binain masochism is a mental trick in which our brains natural danger systems get fooled by harmless stuff. You don't want to embark on an experience that's too painfully intense, or that is genuinely dangerous.
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