Expanish Volunteer Blog
Raise your Endorphins and raise your Happiness with a Volunteer Program in Buenos Aires!
Have you ever wondered why they say exercise or physical exertion is good for both body and mind?
Or why being both physically and emotionally stimulated you feel a sense of happiness and peace?
These feelings of happiness, serenity, and at-peace all come from something that your body creates naturally called endorphins, and endorphins are exactly what creates us to feel well and reduce any sort of pain or stress.
Endorphins
~endogenous opioid polypeptide compounds, produced by the pituitary gland during exercise or other physical exertion, and they produce the sense of well-being.
This release of endorphins can be found in many ways and one of the most common is when doing something physically and mentally demanding. It is common among volunteers to notice factors like this during a volunteer program in South America as they are placed in an unfamiliar situation where they must face challenges, both physically and mentally, and where when faced with success, or seeing that they have created positive change or happiness in others, are inflicted with an overwhelming feeling of their own happiness.
Perhaps this is why so many volunteers continue to volunteer after their first experience; they receive a ‘happiness-high’ during their volunteer placement and later, keep searching for more. Lending someone your time, skills, and abilities without asking for anything in return is no doubt going to cause a feeling or reward, and when seeing the changes you have made for others, a rush of well-being and self worth.
3 Top Ways to Get Your Endorphins Going
1. Get physically and mentally moving; stimulate both for a rush of Endorphins.
2. Laugh; laughing is a know endorphin release and important in mental health
3. Get emotional; find the positive in everything and try to make others feel the same.
Looking to make a positive change? Interested in Volunteering in Buenos Aires?
