How many of you are on a Hedonic treadmill?

Only recently have I truly discovered the hedonistic life...and it is wonderful, no treadmill at all!! But it does involve change and improvements all the time...new experiences...learning constantly...life is too short to put it off until later!!

Just to clear up the massive amount of confusion: The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes. Hedonism on the other hand is the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence. Jesus H Christ. You people drive me nuts.

I'm trying to figure out the meaning of the question. At some basic level I follow the philosophy of Epicurus, with the crucial proviso that pleasure includes such things as friendship and intellectual discourse, along with the more obvious ones like good food, good sex and good booze.

but the term treadmill makes the whole enterprise sound like a waste of time: each new day brings me these pleasures: yesterday's sex was pleasurable (for both of us), and I expect the same thing tomorrow; yesterday's meal yummy and I expect tonight's dinner to be good. And it is just a humble spaghetti in a marinara sauce that I've made many times before.

Should I go kill myself to escape the treadmill? I think not! Please, if there are gods (which Epicurus doubted, and so do I), let the treadmill continue. ;)

It's not stuck any more, I've made some actual progress. 😊

Is that one of those that you don't need to plug in? 🤔

And it's carrying me full speed to being a full on hedonist

Treadmills take too much effort!

By myself.

Please do explain exactly what A HEDONIC treadmill is?

Not at the moment lovely irish molly. Why are you already on it. And the rest of us need to hope on

Unfortunately, the treadmill I'm on is more torturous.
Medical science still has a lot of catching up to do.

Only in my dreams.

Me