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Dopamine(C8H11NO2)

Dopamine(C8H11NO2)

  • Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that sends signals from one neuron to another.
  • Whatever your drug of choice, chocolate, nicotine, amphetamines, sex, social media, or shopping, dopamine is the final common pathway for all pleasurable, intoxicating and rewarding experiences.
  • It is believed to be the most important neurotransmitter when it comes to the experience of pleasure, motivation and reward.
  • But it isn’t ‘pleasure’ all the way because the same areas of the brain that process pleasure also process pain, and pleasure-pain work like a balance.

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The more one seeks to rise into height and light, the more vigorously do ones roots struggle earthward, downward, into the dark, the deep — into evil.

You are probably very aware that the hard activities bring value to your life, and the others just momentary pleasure, so why do you still gravitate towards them? To understand this, we need to look at a neurotransmitter known as dopamine.

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