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Happiness is a cookie the brain bakes for itself.

Happiness is like a cookie. When you are a child you think cookies are very important and you want to have all the cookies in the world. As an adult, you realize the cookie is a tool. It's a tool to make you eat your vegetables. Once you eat your vegetables anyway, you stop eating cookies for the... read more

One of the hard truths about MBTI compatibility and ingeneral…

Health and development. Any personality no matter the type can be fit for a relationship with another, but the part we may miss, is the level of health and develop in the ones looking. As we grow up experiencing childhood, adolescents, trauma, career and life change, etc., our cognitive functions... (edited) read more

Dopamine, seratonin, epinephrine

Been reading up a bit about neurotransmitters and how beneficial they are for a healthy, balanced lifestyle! The human brain is truly amazing and scary at the same time lol

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Borderline Personality Disorder

I have BPD, which has kind of a misleading name. It's actually often misdiagnosed as Bipolar, altho the mechanisms are quite different. If I recall correctly, Bipolar is generally seen as a chemical imbalance regarding neurotransmitters in the brain. Borderline is more accurately described as... (edited) read more

The biochemical romance

We are a very biochemical species, our behaviour predominantly controlled by chemicals. Both females and males bond differently and at different rates. Females for example, typically build a bond much quicker than males on average, because they release larger quantities of oxytocin, (where is a... read more