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Neurotransmitters 101 - "Get Yourself High"
Oh Kay! Where do I even begin. Neurotransmitters are the 'things' in your brain that are necessary for brain function. My favourite neurotransmitters are :
SEROTONIN
DOPAMINE
NORADRENALINE
Why? Serotonin causes a person to be happy. Dopamine causes a person to be horny, feel pleasure and in general be nice to others. Noradrenaline is related to alertness, concentration and motivation (e.g the need to make money, the urge to be wealthy, or famous).
So, assuming most people in current society have normal levels of these chemicals, they are 'so-so' happy. Sober. The normal people. People who are'nt high, people who are'nt depressed either. Just normal people.
What happens if any one of these neurotransmitters by some trigger, overloads itself in the brain? In other words, what happens if the brain receives a sudden influx of any these neurotransmitters? Or ALL of these neurotransmitters?
YOU GET HIGH
I'm not talking about an alcoholic 'high' here. That, IMHO (alcohol) is not considered a high. It just sorta fucks your brain up. And a myriad other nasty side effects, like lowered inhibitions, which makes straight guys get their dicks sucked by transvestites and shit (NOT that it has happened to ME!!!). Alcohol is also responsible for stuff like people puking on disco floors and waking up the next morning feeling like shit and discovering you just blew 200 buckafuckakangaroo dollars on drinks. (which you threw up anyway)
The 'highs' I am talking about here are very much different. I won't say these are the most superior highs in the world, but I just want to educate people about how there are many other ways and techniques of getting into different states of mind other than getting yourself drunk.
I will now proceed to talking about these neurotransmitters. SEROTONIN. In excess amounts lingering around the synapses of your brain (re-read your sec 4 biology textbook if you don't know what a synapse is...), Serotonin causes EXCESS and EXTREME EUPHORIA. And a lovey dovey feeling. DOPAMINE excess : Makes a person (male and female) extremely horny and just feel like shagging. Pleasure sensors are highly activated in every part of the body, not only genitalia, but like FUCKING EVERYWHERE. NORADRENALINE excess : Makes you a workaholic. Suddenly, studying or working or stuff like earning money, gaining power, fame, fortune all become important to you. and like pharking important. Motivation is the key word here. Noradrenaline excesses in people tend to make them very determined to get what they want, and gives them the mind-strength / ability to do it.
If you're reading up till here, yes, you are one of those few who might actually end up doing some research of your own on the internet on how to raise these neurotransmitter levels in your brain. Easily available information.
If I get a good response from readers, I'll go blog about what I know about raising the levels of these 'brain juices' ... PS, these transmitters are only a FRACTION of ALL the different 'enhanced' states of mind that can be produced biologically, environmentally, nutritionally, mentally and neuropharmacologically.
// posted by Pingo on Friday, May 28, 2004
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