Abstract

ENDORPHINS AS MOOD STABILIZING AGENTS

Mahrukh Khursheed, *Zehra Ashraf, Javeria Kamran, Neelam Alam, Illyeen Waleed, Afsa Jillani

Abstract

Objectives: to gain the knowledge about the lifestyle of our society, activities of people that helps in regulation of happy hormones (endorphins) which in turn helps in making life healthier and happier. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Participants: teenagers and adults. Measurements and Main Results: The result analysis showed that the group of people we studied mostly feel better when they meet with their friends and listen music eating chocolate and food cravings also showed a great mood changer or mood stabilizing agent as about 13.9% and 14.7 % people agree with it while about 33.8 % find friends as the mood changer. These all are the factors that triggers the response of endorphins, the release of these happy hormones in turn effecting as a mood stabilizier in the test group as the results showed regular exercise is common as 68.5% people manage time to work out and 53.7 % people feel happy most of the time while 22.7% people think exercise helps in making their mood better. Research were evaluated results showed that exercise induced endorphin release acting as a mood stabilizer. As endorphins acts as natural opiates the happier the individual outside the healthier inside with better healing and good immune system increasing the quality of life.

Keywords: exercise, endorphins, healthier life, mood, healthier life.