Why do we feel satisfied and happy after doing an act of kindness?
Is it that healthy amount of narcissism that lies inside us? I just don't understand whyyyyyy we feel the things we feel.
26-30, F
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TinyViolins · 31-35, M
From an evolutionary perspective, we spent most of our evolution living in small tribes. We've only been living in societies for less than 10% of human history. Chances are that when we helped someone then, it was probably someone genetically related to us.
If the point of evolution is to survive long enough to successfully pass on our genetic information, then it would reward your chances of doing that by helping out those with similar genes. It's why people tend to care more about their families than about distant strangers. The happy feeling we get is a built-in feature of natural selection
If the point of evolution is to survive long enough to successfully pass on our genetic information, then it would reward your chances of doing that by helping out those with similar genes. It's why people tend to care more about their families than about distant strangers. The happy feeling we get is a built-in feature of natural selection
assemblingaknob · 26-30, F
@TinyViolins Well that makes a lot of sense.