Sexual Healing \r\nTHE NEUROCHEMISTRY OF SEX\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nOrgasm is generally regarded as the ultimate goal of recreational sex. Wilhelm Reich was the first scientist to describe the nature and purpose of the orgasm as a discharge of excess bio-energy with the additional liberation of feeling energy, and he also recognized the negative consequences of blocked sexual energies.\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, in addition to exciting peaks, orgasms tend to produce powerful negative side-effects that are only now becoming better understood. This is due to predictable trends in hormonal activity which seem to be similar in all mammals to ensure certain evolutionary objectives, especially the wide mixing of gene pools and the safe raising of offspring. This is achieved with the following neurochemical changes.\r\n\r\nThe main players are dopamine, the reward hormone; prolactin, the hormone of satiation; oxytocin, the cuddle hormone, and levels of androgen receptors, which all powerfully affect our mood, our desire for intimacy, our perception of our mate, as well as our susceptibility to addictive activities and substances. These hormones can also have different but generally related functions.\r\n\r\nAdditionally the stimulant phenylethylamine (PEA) is involved, which is also present in cocoa and chocolate and elevates energy, mood and attention. PEA is produced in greater amounts when one is in love; conversely a deficiency (common in manic-depressives) causes unhappy feelings.\r\n\r\nWhen we first fall in love we become bonded by rising PEA, cytotoxic and dopamine levels When we are sexually aroused by close contact our dopamine level rises further and at the time of orgasm we have a dopamine brainstorm which one researcher compared to the effects of heroin on the brain. Dopamine is active in all addictions, even in people who have forgotten what sex is. Most of this activity is in the limbic system, the oldest part of the brain.\r\nDopamine Levels\r\nExcess\r\n\r\nDeficient\r\n\r\n\"Normal\"\r\nAddictions\r\n\r\nAddictions\r\n\r\nMotivated\r\nAnxiety\r\n\r\nDepression\r\n\r\nFeelings of well-being, satisfaction\r\nCompulsions\r\n\r\nAnhedonia - no pleasure, world looks colorless\r\n\r\nPleasure, reward in accomplishing tasks\r\nSexual fetishes\r\n\r\nLack of ambition and drive\r\n\r\nHealthy libido\r\nSexual addiction\r\n\r\nInability to \"love”\r\n\r\nGood feelings toward others\r\n\r\nUnhealthy risk-taking\r\n\r\nLow libido\r\n\r\nHealthy bonding\r\nGambling\r\n\r\nErectile dysfunction\r\n\r\nHealthy risk taking\r\nCompulsive activities\r\n\r\nNo remorse about personal behavior\r\n\r\nSound choices\r\nAggression\r\n\r\nADD/ADHD\r\n\r\nRealistic expectations\r\nPsychosis\r\n\r\nSocial anxiety disorder\r\n\r\nMaternal/Paternal love\r\n\r\nSchizophrenia\r\n\r\nAntisocial behavior \r\nAnybody can use this file please Stand By Permanent(when safe) And Happy holidays