Is a natural high good for you?!
Question:
Is a natural high good for you?
Just curious, and I was also what causes a natural high??
Isn't it when you get your adrenilen (sp?) pumping?
Answers:
Yes, of course, a natural high is great. But adrenaline (epinephrine) isn't really the only mood enhancer (in fact, too much adrenaline can enrage people -- obviously not really a good "high".) The other neurotransmitters (natural brain chemicals) most involved with mood and "highs" are dopamine and serotonin. Too much serotonin can be very bad -- but within limits (that the body naturally regulates in normally funtioning people), medium to medium-high levels of active serotinin in the brain is a great mood-enhancer. The same is true of dopamine. Regarding dopamine, however, you want to look for way to NATURALLY up the level of active dopamine in your brain - not artifically. Cocaine, heroin, methaphetamine, and other drugs of abuse AS WELL AS prescription pain killers (oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, etc. etc.) involve temporarily boosting the dopaminergic pathways in your brain providing a temporary euphoric lift. Of course, abuse of these drugs leads to disaster. A natural high (or at least a safe high) accentuating Adrenaline (to an extent), dopamine, and/or serotonin can be provided through regular EXERCISE, sleep, food, (enjoyable) sex, enjoyable music, enjoyable or satisfying WORK, being around good people (friends), massages, etc. etc. Coffee (caffeine) and other fairly safe stimulants (taken within limits) can boost these neurotransmitters, as well.