Can Reading Make You Happier?
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Can Reading Make You Happier?
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"Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm."
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I hear ya, bluemel. Just entering my local library has a very serene effect on me.
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Wow. I went a week once with no TV. I admire you! For me, I just like having it on as background. Late at night I get a bit spooked without it.Marchioness wrote:I have just completed a month without turning on my TV, and rediscovered two things I had forgotten in the din of everyday life-silence can really be golden, and filling my time reading is a joyous experience, once I got through the initial withdrawl of grabbing the remote and then thinking "oh...yeah..." I found myself reading for entire days, and not feeling guilty, but very, very happy, and found authors and couple of book series I might never have found with my "babysitter" still on. I have decided to rejoin the world of the TV lovers, but am also determined to also keep a toe in the quiet and peace of bookland, reading and absorbing with a silly grin on my face.
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I hardly watch any TV and prefer to read instead.
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I too and well said.chermarl wrote:I enjoy identifying with the author's words and story. A part of myself is experiencing the life of a character in the book and a part of me becomes that character. Therefore reading makes me happier.
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