[thekingof8]

I'm starting to think that I can't produce endorphins, dopamine, or serotonin. Is it possible? I've heard deficiency, but what about being unable to produce it? I have tried numerous things, but nothing seems to help. Some things that are recommended are:

Exercise: I go to the gym three times a week for 30 minutes to an hour. I find it's just makes me feel angry. The more strenuous it is, the angrier I feel. I just gets my blood pumping and it has the complete opposite affect.

Acupuncture: Considering I'm a Type 1 Diabetic, and I'm not afraid of needles, so maybe it's worth a shot?

Meditation.: You need a relaxing setting and there isn't any for me. There is always too much noise and I constantly get interrupted.

S*x: LOL

Playing music: I don't have the talent or the money and patience to learn.

Laughter: It does help, on the rare occasion I find something funny.

Ultraviolet light: I'd probably get skin cancer, knowing my luck.

I haven't been truly happy for a long time. Come to think of it, I don't know if I ever have been. Especially the last few years, it's been one bad thing after another, to the point that I have developed PTSD. It seems no matter how hard I try, I will just fail miserably.

[unaluna]

Maybe try like walking, rather than pumping iron? Or a stationary bike with a pleasant view screen? Or swimming.

[Tart Cherry Jam]

or cardio with an audio you like: music, an audiobook, or a podcast. You can do it on a cardio machine. It is unusual that strenuous exercise makes you angry, but maybe it means you should go for Zone 2 training instead.

I knew a man who did not get endorphins from exercise. For him it was all boring. He also disliked showering after exercise (something that is purely hedonic for me, unlike showering without exercising first). But the man is a high-functioning autistic, so that might be to blame.

Have you tried cold showers? Say, just spray cold water on your feet and lower legs in the beginning?

Have you tried sauna/stream room treatments? For me, most endorphins come from temperature contrasts, such as submerging myself in a cold plunge after a sauna or stream room. Korean spas offer these.