chemicallycurious Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 OK folks, I have been reading these posts for a bit now and, I would like to add that I have received some really great replies to my posts. Thanks peeps. My question is this. I have received replies and read other posts that refer to "chemicals" in someones brain after a breakup. What does that mean? Is it just Tony's way of putting things into perspective or are there really chemical reactions that happen in the human brain after a breakup? Link to post Share on other sites
RogueK Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 I believe that chemical is called acid. Or at least that's now it feels. Look at me..the first joke i've been able to make in weeks. Link to post Share on other sites
Tony T Posted June 22, 2003 Share Posted June 22, 2003 YOU WRITE: "... "chemicals" in someones brain after a breakup. What does that mean?" I have never talked about brain chemistry after a breakup, except as it may relate to depression. All of our feelings are the direct result of various chemicals, including seritonin and endorphins, storming across neurotransmitters in the brain. Depression after a break up is reactive depression, or depression brought about by a specific event which then generates certain chemicals in the brain. There are people who have chemical imbalances in the brain as a normal course which cause depression and other mood disorders with no apparent life events causing them. At any rate, I don't write stuff without a reason. If you don't understand something I write, send me a PM and I will send you all kinds of back up material. Meanwhile, if you want to know more about how chemistry affects the brain, go to http://www.google.com and enter "brain chemistry." Knock yourself out and learn something. Incidentally, endorphins are good chemicals which give us a positive feeling and are generated by exercise. Link to post Share on other sites
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