📍Virtual crush, virtual crash out and dopamine shot!

(2hours thoughts and researches) we always hear about YTshorts, *** or *** reels dopamine release, activating by one simple look, brains parts and hormones that are very satisfying for the human body. But before it became virtual and massive, did you know dopamine release is a very natural and human thing ?

• did you know the same brain part can be activated by just talking to someone ?
• or seeing a baby crying ?
• or receiving a simple gift ? well i'll explain it to you 💗

The old school dopamine 🤤──★ ˙🍓 ̟ !!

• Way before endless scrolling and tech gadgets took over, your personality was already setting the scene.
• Dopamine was basically your brain’s way of saying, "Hey, this feels great for our mental state! let’s do it again!🤠🤠" 

When you talk with someone, whether online or in reality, that feeling "click vibe connection" isn’t just some random "nice" thing! nope, mate! It’s release dopamine and oxytocin in your brain. Oxyting is the hormone your body is releasing in order to bond with the individual. Since humans are social individuals, back in the day, being a hermit was basically a DEATH synonym. yeah, our brains reward us for making friends, falling in love, and even tolerating family!

• scientists say you get the dopamine yk that excitement part when talking online but almost zero oxytocin. This is why a virtual crush feels empty , with always an open door for imagination , it’s like a thrill but with no security. And can be emotional deadly for limerence victims. 

A crying baby? Sure, that noise can makes you cry too and making you reconsider your life choices 🤣, but the payoff of soothing the little one and hearing them quiet down is like a jackpot of feel-good vibes. It’s body’s sneaky trick to make sure we don’t neglect these tiny lttle humans.🥺 it's exactly the same brain part release when gambling. 

• You friend gives you a gift? this litteraly fires up our reward system because it’s basically a surprise bonus for our personal heart!!🥰 we feel necessary, useful and grateful. 
• to go into details , soothing that baby or being the person giving that gift makes you a "leader" psychological type or a "provider" one. Your brain gives you hormonal shots for being useful to your peers and family.

Virtual crash out!😱⊹ ࣪ ˖╰┈➤⌗.ᐟ

•  you realize that your personality is being poured into a screen that doesn't actually need you.
• That realization is what triggers the crash, the sudden dropout in perceived self-worth😥
• you feel useless, because the person doesn't give you the reward your body craves.
• this could explain AI or chatbots addictions where the dopamine hits but the deepers hormones likes the oxyting never comes.
• it happens too when chatting with someone online like any websites as well as 7cups for example, but it can be reddit, ***, ***, any platforms.
• you feel like you could truly love this person but something is missing?🤥

thats the crash out mate!🤯──★ ˙🍓 ̟ !!

• did you know? Social rejection and physical pain share the same neural pathways.
• That virtual crush ghosting you or a flopping attempt😢 feels like a threat to your survival sanity!!
• When virtual crush stop giving you that dopamine, the brain experiences hyperalgesia ,
• it's like a state where everything like noise, family, husband, wife, work, hobby, light, boring tasks, litteraly EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT RELATED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL feels physically irritating.
• You aren't just sad, needy, clingy, "too emotionnal for other", no mate, your brain is in a state of emergency. he wants that behavioral drug. NOW.

🤔Whether it's a baby stopping crying or a slot machine hitting three cherries, your brain nucleus accumbens doesn't know the difference. And thats the key point! It just says " GIVE ME THAT FEELING BACK"😡

• Based on the big five personality system, those who score high neuroticism are essentially sucker dopamine hunter.
• they hunt for the hormonal release in discussions, chats, online dating, in humor, and in being supportive, in everything.
• But when they hunt in virtual world, they're hunting a shadow. Something that keeps changing and that is not always here ? and that’s why the crash out and that empty feeling is impossible to just not be here!

sources : 

• Seltzer, Ziegler, and Pollak 2010 studies about oxyting release online.
• researches of Naomi Eisenberger about hyperalgesia

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• i tried to introspect myself and recognize my tendencies. there's a pattern, yes, i'm not feeling too much, i feel less than i would and that makes me want to feel more 💌!! have a nice day beautiful !!( sorry for any writing mistakes)