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Dopamine... it’s like a drug
* Referred to as the “reward signal”
* When you fall in love your brain is flooded with dopamine, and is signaled for more
* The more you get the higher you feel
* People in love have higher levels of dopamine
* Helps the brain process emotions, pleasure, pain
* Makes you want to repeat an experience if it once caused a sense of well-being
* Makes you feel as if you need something repeatedly to be happy or you desire something for continued pleasure
* Makes you dependant on something a prisoner to a habit
* Causes intense pleasure
* Skyrockets during sex
Buried in the brain when you are...
* Excited
* Doing something that is spontaneous or adventurous
* If you are taking a big risk and your heart is racing a thousand miles per hour
