A Natural High: 7 Dopamine-Boosting Activities For A Joyful Life

Dopamine: is a chemical messenger in your brain that governs motivation, movement, memory, mood, sleep, and behaviour regulation. It is central to the brain's reward system. It rewards you whenever you engage in a beneficial behaviour and motivates you to repeat the behaviour

Every time we do something enjoyable, dopamine is released in our brain. However, engaging in vices like alcohol or recreational drugs also causes dopamine to be released into the brain. This is why the chemical messenger has been closely linked to addiction but it is better to get addicted to real dopamine by engaging in these 7 activities

Experience new things

Love the people around you

Focus on your passion and create & achieve small goals; challenge yourself

Listen to music

Making a difference wherever you can

Moving your body, dance in the kitchen

Maximize time spent in nature: helps reduce stress, anxiety, and depression through multiple pathways, including increased secretion of feel-good neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine