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The several neurotransmitters and hormones your body produces while experiencing love like: dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, etc. are regulated by homeostatic mechanisms but even when they, reach their magnum opus (all-time high) once, you will never experience love like for the first time.
"This is a study connecting it to addiction but the principals can also be applied to what I'm showcasing here."
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For example: With repeated high dopamine activity, the brain reduces dopaminergic receptor availability and sensitivity to restore equilibrium, this is called downregulation. It's well-documented in Parkinson’s patients on long-term L‑Dopa and in stimulant users showing reduced D2 receptor density.
If you overstimulate your dopamine system you will go through the desensitization phase where your dopamine receptors are downregulated means, you won’t enjoy things as much, you’ll feel anhedonic.
"This is a study connecting it to addiction but the principals can also be applied to what I'm showcasing here."
Addiction: Decreased reward sensitivity and increased expectation sensitivity conspire to overwhelm the brain's control circuit - PMC
Based on brain imaging findings, we present a model according to which addiction emerges as an imbalance in the information processing and integration among various brain circuits and functions. The dysfunctions reflect (a) decreased sensitivity of ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For example: With repeated high dopamine activity, the brain reduces dopaminergic receptor availability and sensitivity to restore equilibrium, this is called downregulation. It's well-documented in Parkinson’s patients on long-term L‑Dopa and in stimulant users showing reduced D2 receptor density.
If you overstimulate your dopamine system you will go through the desensitization phase where your dopamine receptors are downregulated means, you won’t enjoy things as much, you’ll feel anhedonic.
