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Are you in love or just high on chemicals in your brain? Answer: Yes
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
Updated 5:03 AM EST, Fri February 14, 2020

(CNN)We call it "falling in love," as if we have no control over how we topple into that dreamy state of emotional bliss.

But those sweetly warm feelings we connect to our heart are actually chemicals and hormones flooding an organ higher up -- our brain.

It starts with a crush
That first spark of attraction ignites a region buried deep inside the brain called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA. Recognizing a potential reward in the making, the VTA begins producing a chemical called dopamine, often called the "feel-good" neurotransmitter.

Dopamine also plays a role in movement, motivation, mental focus, psychosis, even the production of breast milk. But it's best known for its starring role in addiction -- and romance.

Jumping from neuron to neuron, dopamine travels an ancient avenue called the mesolimbic pathway, priming the brain to pay attention and react to expected rewards from food, drugs, hugs, sex or other equally pleasant actions.

This network is so ancient even worms and flies, which evolved about two billion years ago, have a similar reward highway in their primitive systems

A hop, skip and a neuron jump away is the nucleus accumbens, a round, flat structure which functions as the stimulus control center for the brain. It revs up production of dopamine, flooding your brain with enhanced feelings of bliss, euphoria and desire.

It doesn't take a matchmaker to see where this is going: Increasing levels of dopamine = euphoria and desire = greater attraction to the object of your affection. You're "high" on love, just as a drug addict is "high" on cocaine -- and you're going to want more and more.

Dare we say you're addicted?

During this growing obsession, the brain sends a signal to your adrenal gland, which manufactures adrenaline and norepinephrine, the chemicals that get your body ready to "fight" or decide to take "flight."

Silly lovestruck human. You thought it was your sweetheart that made you tremble, lose your appetite and get sweaty palms, not to mention that pitter-patter of your heart.

Then you lose your judgment

Have you ever wondered why your new love can do no wrong (at least at first)? Yup, that's all chemicals too. First, the brain on love deactivates the amygdala, which controls the perception of fear, anger and sadness.

No wonder we feel safe and secure with our loved one. No red flags here!

At the same time, the brain dampens the ability of our mid- and frontal cortex to use logic, criticize or think clearly. We literally suspend our ability to analyze and judge the object of our affection.

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." That's William Shakespeare from "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Then your brain wants to mate

Why would the brain set us up like this? So that we'll stay with someone long enough to procreate, of course. Our bodies are evolutionarily hard-wired to save our species.

Which leads us to the next level of your brain on love: attachment. All these things we've been talking about -- such as adrenaline and dopamine — are quick highs, designed to get us interested.

The brain seals the deal by releasing oxytocin, often called "the love hormone." It's a neuropeptide produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the pituitary gland during times of intimacy, like hugging, breastfeeding and orgasm.

Studies show oxytocin strengthens social bonds in mammals, and intimate activities that trigger its release help couples create strong bonds.

So hugging, kissing and love-making are all things you can continue to do to keep your brain on love.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/14/health/brain-on-love-wellness/index.html

Hmmm

Kobojunkie:
Are you in love or just high on chemicals in your brain? Answer: Yes
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
Updated 5:03 AM EST, Fri February 14, 2020

(CNN)We call it "falling in love," as if we have no control over how we topple into that dreamy state of emotional bliss.

But those sweetly warm feelings we connect to our heart are actually chemicals and hormones flooding an organ higher up -- our brain.

It starts with a crush
That first spark of attraction ignites a region buried deep inside the brain called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA. Recognizing a potential reward in the making, the VTA begins producing a chemical called dopamine, often called the "feel-good" neurotransmitter.

Dopamine also plays a role in movement, motivation, mental focus, psychosis, even the production of breast milk. But it's best known for its starring role in addiction -- and romance.

Jumping from neuron to neuron, dopamine travels an ancient avenue called the mesolimbic pathway, priming the brain to pay attention and react to expected rewards from food, drugs, hugs, sex or other equally pleasant actions.

This network is so ancient even worms and flies, which evolved about two billion years ago, have a similar reward highway in their primitive systems

A hop, skip and a neuron jump away is the nucleus accumbens, a round, flat structure which functions as the stimulus control center for the brain. It revs up production of dopamine, flooding your brain with enhanced feelings of bliss, euphoria and desire.

It doesn't take a matchmaker to see where this is going: Increasing levels of dopamine = euphoria and desire = greater attraction to the object of your affection. You're "high" on love, just as a drug addict is "high" on cocaine -- and you're going to want more and more.

Dare we say you're addicted?

During this growing obsession, the brain sends a signal to your adrenal gland, which manufactures adrenaline and norepinephrine, the chemicals that get your body ready to "fight" or decide to take "flight."

Silly lovestruck human. You thought it was your sweetheart that made you tremble, lose your appetite and get sweaty palms, not to mention that pitter-patter of your heart.

Then you lose your judgment

Have you ever wondered why your new love can do no wrong (at least at first)? Yup, that's all chemicals too. First, the brain on love deactivates the amygdala, which controls the perception of fear, anger and sadness.

No wonder we feel safe and secure with our loved one. No red flags here!

At the same time, the brain dampens the ability of our mid- and frontal cortex to use logic, criticize or think clearly. We literally suspend our ability to analyze and judge the object of our affection.

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." That's William Shakespeare from "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Then your brain wants to mate

Why would the brain set us up like this? So that we'll stay with someone long enough to procreate, of course. Our bodies are evolutionarily hard-wired to save our species.

Which leads us to the next level of your brain on love: attachment. All these things we've been talking about -- such as adrenaline and dopamine — are quick highs, designed to get us interested.

The brain seals the deal by releasing oxytocin, often called "the love hormone." It's a neuropeptide produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the pituitary gland during times of intimacy, like hugging, breastfeeding and orgasm.

Studies show oxytocin strengthens social bonds in mammals, and intimate activities that trigger its release help couples create strong bonds.

So hugging, kissing and love-making are all things you can continue to do to keep your brain on love.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/14/health/brain-on-love-wellness/index.html

Whoa!

Welcome again to the world of dopamine and oxytocin.

The human animal has been
played for several centuries in
this three-dimensional world...

The inability to understand and
tame these 2 raging hormones
has led some emotionally broken younger and older women to become extremist online and offline feminists.

AlphaTaikun:
Whoa!
Welcome again to the world of dopamine and oxytocin.
The human animal has been played for several centuries...
The inability to understand and tame these 2 raging hormones has led some emotionally broken young andolder women to become extremist online and offline feminists.

noise maker! Must u quote everything

It's all chemicals.

Say no to drugs! Say no to Love!

Suspect1:
noise maker! Must u quote everything

Stop getting cranky... Relax young man!

There's NO rule or etiquette that prevents the quoting of an article online. This is the way I've been doing it since I first joined NL in 2005.

Second, if an OP deactivates his or her NL account, it would be easier to find the post.

Hope my explanation helps.

AlphaTaikun:
Stop getting cranky... Relax young man!

There's NO rule of etiquete that prevents the quoting of an article online. This is the way I've been doing it since I first joined NL in 2005.

Seconds, if an OP deactivates his
or her NL account, it would be easier to find the post.

Hope my explanation helps.=yes

noise indeed.

czarr:
It's all chemicals.

Say no to drugs! Say no to Love!

Lol... You cracked me up with
that witty line.

Dopamine is a neurotransmiter that works like hard drugs.

Suspect1:
noise indeed.

Alright then @Suspect1,
You're a great sport.

Cheers.

There are a lot of chemicals racing around your brain and body when you're falling in love, as well as when you're engaged in a long-term commitment.

In 2013, Fisher presented research at the Being Human conference that indicated that several brain chemicals, including dopamine and testosterone, play a role in a person's drive toward romance, sex and other rewards. She suggested that the precise balance of these chemicals could shape a person's personality and influence the type of people they're attracted to. While people with "active" dopamine systems tended to be reward-driven and impulsive, curious, energetic and mentally flexible. These people appeared to be attracted to people similar to themselves. People with more active serotonin systems tended to be conscientious rule followers who also leaned toward similar-minded partners.

But two groups of people seemed to be drawn to their opposites: highly analytical and competitive testosterone-dominant people who were often attracted to the "high-estrogen and oxytocin" types who tended to be nurturing, empathic and introspective. And the attraction went both ways.

https://people.howstuffworks.com/love6.htm

Love is a chemical reaction with a chemical formula.

..

Same way you are always high on Arguements.

siofra:
Love is a chemical reaction with a chemical formula.

There are more than a few chemicals involved..

DonroxyII:
Same way you are always high on Arguements.

... Lol. Una too like wahala.

Na mumu person dey fall in love.

LIVINGICON:
Na mumu person dey fall in love.

So everytime you experience the urge to have sex or seek out a mate for companionship or procreation, that na mumu too?.

czarr:
It's all chemicals.
Say no to drugs! Say no to Love!

Do you also say no to every bodily urges including sex and socializing, since they are all equally chemical driven?

Say no to survival as well, this since it is all the chemicals doing it to you.

Kobojunkie:
Do you also say no to every bodily urges including sex and socializing, since they are all equally chemical driven?

Say no to survival as well, this since it is all the chemicals doing it to you.

so should we say no to drugs or not?

czarr:
so should we say no to drugs or not?

If the drug in question is manufactured and distributed by your own body, within itself, to regulate and maybe also manipulate your very existence for what is your own survival, how exactly do you go about saying no to it?

Kobojunkie:
Are you in love or just high on chemicals in your brain? Answer: Yes
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
Updated 5:03 AM EST, Fri February 14, 2020

(CNN)We call it "falling in love," as if we have no control over how we topple into that dreamy state of emotional bliss.

But those sweetly warm feelings we connect to our heart are actually chemicals and hormones flooding an organ higher up -- our brain.

It starts with a crush
That first spark of attraction ignites a region buried deep inside the brain called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA. Recognizing a potential reward in the making, the VTA begins producing a chemical called dopamine, often called the "feel-good" neurotransmitter.

Dopamine also plays a role in movement, motivation, mental focus, psychosis, even the production of breast milk. But it's best known for its starring role in addiction -- and romance.

Jumping from neuron to neuron, dopamine travels an ancient avenue called the mesolimbic pathway, priming the brain to pay attention and react to expected rewards from food, drugs, hugs, sex or other equally pleasant actions.

This network is so ancient even worms and flies, which evolved about two billion years ago, have a similar reward highway in their primitive systems

A hop, skip and a neuron jump away is the nucleus accumbens, a round, flat structure which functions as the stimulus control center for the brain. It revs up production of dopamine, flooding your brain with enhanced feelings of bliss, euphoria and desire.

It doesn't take a matchmaker to see where this is going: Increasing levels of dopamine = euphoria and desire = greater attraction to the object of your affection. You're "high" on love, just as a drug addict is "high" on cocaine -- and you're going to want more and more.

Dare we say you're addicted?

During this growing obsession, the brain sends a signal to your adrenal gland, which manufactures adrenaline and norepinephrine, the chemicals that get your body ready to "fight" or decide to take "flight."

Silly lovestruck human. You thought it was your sweetheart that made you tremble, lose your appetite and get sweaty palms, not to mention that pitter-patter of your heart.

Then you lose your judgment

Have you ever wondered why your new love can do no wrong (at least at first)? Yup, that's all chemicals too. First, the brain on love deactivates the amygdala, which controls the perception of fear, anger and sadness.

No wonder we feel safe and secure with our loved one. No red flags here!

At the same time, the brain dampens the ability of our mid- and frontal cortex to use logic, criticize or think clearly. We literally suspend our ability to analyze and judge the object of our affection.

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." That's William Shakespeare from "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Then your brain wants to mate

Why would the brain set us up like this? So that we'll stay with someone long enough to procreate, of course. Our bodies are evolutionarily hard-wired to save our species.

Which leads us to the next level of your brain on love: attachment. All these things we've been talking about -- such as adrenaline and dopamine — are quick highs, designed to get us interested.

The brain seals the deal by releasing oxytocin, often called "the love hormone." It's a neuropeptide produced in the hypothalamus and secreted by the pituitary gland during times of intimacy, like hugging, breastfeeding and orgasm.

Studies show oxytocin strengthens social bonds in mammals, and intimate activities that trigger its release help couples create strong bonds.

So hugging, kissing and love-making are all things you can continue to do to keep your brain on love.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/14/health/brain-on-love-wellness/index.html

Intelligent in your ways
SMH
Love has nothing to do with dopamine or oxytocin
You have no idea what love is
Love and his brother ego
One liberates the other holds
One sacrifices the other is greedy

They’re brainwashing you to believe body lust is love
Imagine putting love and dopamine in one sentence
I’m very disappointed in you

God is love
That is why he keeps showing man kind mercy
Unlike his lower brother ego
Who says mankind should be destroyed for their disobedience
You unintelligent lot do not even know what love is

No he only dopamine
Na crackaminoacid you go soon see

So informative.

EastAlchemist:
God is love That is why he keeps showing man kind mercy Unlike his lower brother ego Who says mankind should be destroyed for their disobedience You unintelligent miscreant do not even know what love is

Some of you are just born for pain, that is all I can say!

Kobojunkie:
Some of you are just born for pain, that is all I can say!

No vex mama
Dopamine has got nothing to do with love
I was surprised someone like you could define love with such words


It is love we’re talking about here oo
Ahn ahn
No vex but I no gree

EastAlchemist:
No vex mama.Dopamine has got nothing to do with love.I was surprised someone like you could define love with such words It is love we’re talking about here oo Ahn ahn No vex but I no gree

What most of you call love and attraction is born of chemicals in your heads. Stop lying to yourself and you will see how easily you can discipline yourself so you are not ruled over by it.

Kobojunkie:
What most of you call love and attraction is born of chemicals in your heads. Stop lying to yourself and you will see how easily you can discipline yourself so you are not ruled over by it.

So are you saying we shouldn't love since it's only chemical reactions?

LINSAR:
So are you saying we shouldn't love since it's only chemical reactions?

Chemicals lack the ability to reason and so you take a huge risk letting them lead you in love. Love, the agreement between two individuals, on the other hand can be reasonable mapped out in such a way as to benefit all parties involved. So do you let the Chemicals in your brain blindly light your path or do you use your own mind to decide your path as far as love is concerned? That is the decision for you to make.

Kobojunkie:
Chemicals lack the ability to reason and so you take a huge risk letting them lead you in love. Love, the agreement between two individuals, on the other hand can be reasonable mapped out in such a way as to benefit all parties involved. So do you let the Chemicals in your brain blindly light your path or do you use your own mind to decide your path as far as love is concerned? That is the decision for you to make.

Lol every form of love involves chemical reactions. There is no love you use your mind to decide only. Everything starts with chemical reactions.

LINSAR:
Lol every form of love involves chemical reactions. There is no love you use your mind to decide only. Everything starts with chemical reactions.

This isn't true at all.

Kobojunkie:
What most of you call love and attraction is born of chemicals in your heads. Stop lying to yourself and you will see how easily you can discipline yourself so you are not ruled over by it.

Most of you?
Lol I agreee with you