Rony Papperony

Hello, I’m Rony. I’m an artist living in the United States. I am a fan of music, writing, and acting. I’m also interested in education and singing. You can listen to my music with a click on the button above.

What Love Does To Your Brain

Stage 1: LUST

Across the party, dreamboat-von-no-pants winks at you (sure, it's that kind of party) and you feel this instant flood of chemistry, butterflies and candy fill your little heart and you find yourself wandering with strange confidence over to his/her direction. What on earth is that? While there are a vast variety of reasons as to why our bodies and minds react the way they do. Lust is almost a direct result of a huge surge of Testosterone and Oestrogen in response to seeing a potential mate.

Testosterone is only for muscles right?

Among it's other jobs, testosterone plays an important role in sexual health. It stimulates desire, increases libido, heightens arousal, and increases sexual satisfaction. At initial stages of attraction, we receive a surge of testosterone - this allows us to hyper focus a bit on what we desire. This reaction is not unique to men, men and women alike receive the surge of testosterone - temporarily increasing their over all testosterone levels. It is highest at initial attraction, but maintains throughout intimate relationships.

Though; Men typically have a naturally higher level of testosterone flowing through their bodies at all times however, and there have been some studies indicating that men receive a surge of testosterone despite levels of attraction when put in a room with a potential mate.

False confidence and propensity to act a fool? Testosterone is likely the culprit.

Oestrogen, making us pretty...

As Testosterone is surging, Oestrogen is as well. The job of this hormone is to help make us more attractive to our prospective mate. This rise happens in both men and women, and across homosexual and heterosexual pairings.

Stage 2: Attraction

Ever hear the term NRE? Typically stands for "new relationship emotions" - or that adorable/annoying stage where you fall in love so hard - all you can think about is the otehr person. Can't sleep? Can't Eat? can't stop thinking of your new mate?

Meet the group of neuro-transmitters called "monoamines" which play the biggest role in the "attraction" or Head over heels stage.

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