Love those yummy brain drugs

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We started yesterday looking at how our brain works.  If we understand this it can help us realise the importance of dealing with our “stuff” because if we don’t we are killing ourselves.

On a typical day in the brain, trillions of messages are sent and received. The messages that are positive are carried by the Biogenic Amine/Endorphin System, (Yummy drugs).

Other messages are negative or sad, (down drugs).  Most nerve centers receive input from both types of messengers. As long as this input is balanced, everything runs along on an even keel.

Stress, however, causes problems with the brain’s yummy drugs. When life is smooth, the yummy drugs keep up with demand. But when too much stress is placed on the brain, the yummy drugs begin to fall behind on their deliveries. As I said yesterday we only get a certain amaount doled out.

As the stress continues, the happy messages begin to fail because they simply run dry. Important nerve centers then receive mostly down drugs and the whole brain becomes distressed. The person enters a state of brain chemical imbalance known as — OVERSTRESS.

We all suffer from this occasionally but many of us live in overstress mode adn this is highly damaging to us, our relationships and our ability to make good decisions around investing etc.

I hope you don’t mind a bit of a left brained series but this info is fascinating and it will I hope bring you to a place fo greater action from greater understanding.

So the drugs we want our brains to give us are SEROTONIN, NORADRENALIN, and DOPAMINE

Tomorrow we’ll look at what they do and then explore how to get our brains giving us what we need.

Stay Safe ~ Dean Letfus @ www.MassiveAction.co.nz