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“If fear is a natural response to a threat, or danger, why would we seek out that feeling?”
|the natural high| from thef i g h t
o r f l i g h t response
can feel great.
There is strong evidence that this isn’t just about personal choice, but our brain chemistry. One of the main hormones released during scary i M a pand o d thrilling activities is dopamine,d o p a M i n E i s a v a s o p r e s s o r r o w atnId i n o t r o p i c a g e n t . I t w o r k s b y i n c r e a s i n g t h e p u m p i n g eh eht s t r e n g t h o f t h e h e a r t a n d t h e k i d n e y b l o o d s u p p l y and
it turns out some individuals may get more of a kick from this dopamine response than others do. Basically,somepeople’sbrainslackwhatZald describesas “brakes”on the dopamine release and re-uptake in the brain.
This means some people are going to really enjoy thrilling, scary, and risky situations while others,
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