OK YOU'RE SO CRAZY - OR ABOUT DOPAMINE

So, in the day of yesterday 50 people in the entire world lost 10 minutes to read my blog.
CRAZY!!
I haven't so many friends! I haven't got in my all life!!!

And so...
I know the yesterday preview was about something else but I'm an unpredictable person and so I just want to talk you about DOPAMINE

Many many many many many....many years ago I used to be a teenager. And like every teen I used to fall in love mmmmh 3/4 times a day. Now that I'm a serious grown up woman I rarely fall in love with everything, will tell you if it comes to men!

It's not my fault.
I'm not becoming a dry, sour and old ninnies. Maybe.
It'MY DOPAMINE fault.

Dopamine is both a neurotransmitter and neurohormone produced in several part of your brain.
When he (I think it's a male; It does so much mess that it has to be a male) act like a neurotransmitter is involved in the control of movements, the signaling of error in prediction of reward, motivation, and cognition.
When he act like a neurohormone is involved in sexual and affective approach, consumption, and addiction of every kind.
You can see the point by yourself, don't you?
Signaling of error and sexual approach is an oxymor

When you see someone that you think is good for you or simply you like a lot there are two physical effects always: increased heart rate and blood pressure.
Ok It's your hypothalamus that is saying to you GO AND MAKE A RUN ON THIS ROLLERCOASTER!
Do you think it's safe? I don't think so...
The explanation for this totally irrational behavior is in our biological evolution: we are still animals and the hypothalamus is there to remind us.
So for your animal brain is good to reproduct yourself with that person for the continuation of the species...or just for fun! (Take this creationists of my boots!)
The only consolation is while as a neurotrasmettiter he works all life, as neurohormone his strength diminishes with age

But Dopamine, or L-Dopa in his synthetic form, is also uses in medicine to cure a lot of brain desease like Parkinson, Tourette sindrome and so on.
I have to suggest to you a 1985's book that talks also about this type of medical cases: "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales" of Oliver Sacks.
Oliver Sacks is most well known for being the author of "Awakening" which was made into a film with Robert De Niro and Robbie Williams in 1990. In that book (and in the film) he talks about his own experience with catatonic patients treated with L-Dopa that "awake" from their state of catatonia.

This other book,



instead, is formed by 24 essays split. I don't want to tell you anything about this stories just because they're so amazing and so well written that they have to be read just as they are.
I just want to tell you that as catatonic people treated with L-dopa become very arty and full of life, Tourettic people, which lifes are full are chaos, become more calm and laid.
Mysteries of Dopamine.

So, recapping, I only want to advise you that:

1. Every stupid things you have done in your teenage life are justified, healthy and symptoms that you were wonderful animals in the thick of their strength
2. You can produce your own drugs that give you happiness without wasting your money.
3. In a biological way you're allow to be teens whenever you want

In conclusion GO FOR IT!!!

As always keep watch the stars. And go have sex under them.

bye, Elena

PS my own private resource of Dopamine come from this guy



but don't tell him I love you so much that hurts (DAMN DOPA!)