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The Neuroscience of Pain and Pleasure Regulation
If we have too much pleasure, particularly super physiological or supernatural levels of pleasure that especially that was not preceded by hard work, that this actually tips the scale in the opposite direction. The opposite is also true interestingly that doing things like horn medic stressors like exercise, or cold or heat, or hard work of various kinds can create some pain and discomfort up front but often there's a reward after. So tough experiences, it will also help us stretch. And both of these contribute to our happiness how, when that base level shifts towards higher levels of positivity.