Oxytocin
... also called the "love hormone" makes people more social and communal. It's a neuropeptide and hormone that we naturally produce inside our brains. It has a wide range of functions, like:
- Making us more emotionally open, trusting, and generous.
- Making our memory suppress the negative stuff and highlight the positive stuff.
- Relieving our pain or making the pain bearable. It also helps in lowering stress and depression.
- It plays a big role in our daily activities like emotions, social interaction, relationships and even our sexual feelings.
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