love chemicals

Everything that’s pleasurable in life releases dopamine in the nucleus accumbens: sex, chocolate, a good book. Interestingly, when dopamine gets released your brain tries to remember the events that led up to it, so that you can get it again, or at least predict it. And then your brain starts releasing dopamine for those predictive cues in anticipation of the future pleasurable experience. For example, because sex releases dopamine, your brain learns certain cues predict it, like kissing in the dark, or climbing into bed with someone. So your brain releases dopamine at each of those cues, and then those cues become pleasurable in and of themselves. Even sitting on a couch doing nothing can be pleasurable, provided your hot date has just invited you into her apartment. It’s not that sex is imminent, or even certain, but the potential for it is what releases dopamine and increases pleasure.

Endorphins in your body triggered by things like pheromes of a person you like,when you are kissed. smoking weed,eating dark chocolate, will help relieve pain as well..:)

The Release of Natural Chemicals: To aid this narrowing process, the brain begins releasing a flood of endogenous (meaning produced from within) chemicals. These natural chemicals include the following:

Dopamine: Elevated levels of dopamine in the brain produce extremely focused attention. This chemical causes each spouse to focus intensely on the other at the exclusion of everything else around them. A release of dopamine is associated with craving and dependency in addiction, which may be why it can help produce a healthy attraction and dependency between the spouses.

Norepinephrine: This chemical generates exhilaration and increased energy by giving the body a shot of natural adrenaline. Norepinephrine has also been linked to raising memory capacity. Whatever stimulus is being experienced in the presence of this chemical is “seared” in the brain. This helps explain how a couple in love can remember the smallest details of their beloved’s features.

Testosterone: Testosterone is known as the hormone of sexual desire in both men and women. For men, however, it is the key hormone of desire, triggering feelings of positive energy and well-being.

Oxytocin: The flood of oxytocin at climax acts as a natural tranquilizer, lowering blood pressure, blunting sensitivity to pain and stress, and inducing sleep.

Serotonin: This natural chemical is released right after climax, bringing on a deep feeling of calmness, satisfaction and release from stress. Anti-depressant drugs like Prozac are designed to increase levels of serotonin.