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HI!!! Every man for himself.
Oxytocin is a hormone produced by the hypothalamus and released by the neurohypophysis into the bloodstream. We have oxytocin receptors on cells all over the body. It has important functions in the body and in the sensations of pleasure and affection. That is why it is called “the love hormone”.
Here on the Terra portal I wrote about some “neurotransmitters of happiness”: endorphins, dopamine and serotonin. Their function is to increase the feeling of well-being and decrease stress and anxiety by improving depressive pictures.
Love, that simple and complex feeling that the vast majority has experienced at least once in their life. Some privileged people experience Love every day. Many others were never honored by this noble sentiment. They have been abandoned at birth, in childhood, adolescence or even in adult life. Where Love is missing, the water of Life ends and only salt remains.
We know exactly what it’s like to feel Love, but few can explain it. The lack of love in a child in his first years of life usually generates problematic, dangerous, aggressive and depressive adults.
There are those who died of love and they weren’t just a few.
Turn up the volume and enjoy this selection with “100 love songswhich will make your day lighter, smoother and sweeter like condensed milk pudding.
Hormone of love, hugs and feelings
Parents, siblings, wife, children and friends.
Oxytocin isn’t just the love hormone. She is also present in hugs and feelings. The free hugs we find on the corners of big cities are nothing more than free doses of oxytocin. Next time you see a sign, take advantage of it and grab your own.
Our parents’ love is different from the love we feel in a relationship. This is changing, changing as Life goes on. Stories pile up, good and bad, happy and sad, and Love is watered or beaten, gradually weakening the dam of feelings. Like malleable matter, Love waxes and wanes. It blooms or rots, until it dies. Sometimes it dies well before it’s finished.
Even with some scars, when the wounds are light and well healed by the same Love that caused them, the band plays in tune again. It’s time to pay more attention to each other, follow your instincts and let the master of destiny rule the future. If it clashes again, it is mandatory to correct the course. It applies to any relationship.
The love of father and mother is different. Receiving a hug from your little one, feeling his warmth, his smell, his hair, his funny voice that tells you something trivial, but which is the most important thing in the world to him, is difficult to explain. It is the protective, instinctive, intense love of an animal that takes care of its offspring, capable of facing Godzilla to defend them, if necessary.
Brotherly love knows only those who have it, of course. Only children will never know what it means. I have a sister and three brothers. The struggle for space and attention made us develop from an early age survival skills and strategies different from those of children with few or no siblings.
It is a competitive Love, but a companion. A bond relationship that distances us and brings us closer. The deepest problems, the most egregious traumas, and the most relevant memories are rarely shared, but when the virus strikes, we know where to run. And we can count on each other. Never!
Even the Love of family, uncles, cousins and cousins, godfather and godmother is different from the others. Coexistence is intense as children, but then becomes scarce. Distances increase and affinities decrease until they practically disappear. Luckily I have an aunt and cousins very present. A second mother and cousins. The burdens and responsibilities are different. It’s more about partying, good food, holidays, fun and adventures. There’s its share of discipline there, following the rules and stuff, but in a different way.
The love of friends has its peculiarities. It is an everlasting loving relationship that we develop with our fellow adventurers, bars, clubs and travellers. We’ve been through so much together that not even Hollywood movies can show it well. Hilarious stories, some Greek tragedies, conquests and love disputes, Homeric drunkenness and monumental hangovers followed by eternal promises never to drink again. They last a day or two at most, but we keep repeating the mantra. I am fortunate to have many friends, with the most diverse personalities, backgrounds and social classes. I try to keep the ones I love and enjoy as close as possible. And those who have nothing to do with me are slowly disappearing. (Unfortunately.
The secret is to live each phase of life intensely. There’s no point in saving money now to enjoy it in retirement not knowing if we’ll be alive by then. However, we cannot live like there is no tomorrow. Budgeting and financial planning are essential. Balance and an acceptance that everything is constantly changing is key.
Doses of oxytocin in the blood, triggered by an orgasm, a kiss from a loving wife, a hug from a mother or child, a drink with best friends, a sibling’s shoulder in a difficult moment, or even a sincere lick from a bastard is the elixir for a long and well-lived life. And I said it!
Look at the various benefits of oxytocin in the body:
- • Facilitates normal childbirth
- • It is important during breastfeeding
- • Promotes attachment and strong bonds between parents and children
- • Increases sexual pleasure
- • Improve social skills
- • Reduces drug cravings
- • Relieves stress
- • Induces sleep
- • Promotes generosity
- • Strengthens loving relationships
to see and read
FILM: Druk, One More Round (2020) – Thomas Vinterberg. Carpe Diem basically.
Four high school teacher friends decide to do an experiment after one of them claims that a small and constant amount of alcohol in the body improves performance, mood and life in general.
Psychiatrist Finn Skårderud’s interesting theory states that human beings are born with a blood alcohol deficit of 0.5% and that taking a little drink a day to eliminate this count would be a good thing. We already know what this will lead to.
The gang start meeting before class to drink and then go into rooms to teach classes. The results are both exhilarating and disastrous. Personal and family dramas and midlife crises run parallel. Problems with alcoholism, distant children and wife and lack of meaning in life are recurring in all of them. In fact, love, hugs, kisses and even sex are missing. Lack of oxytocin!!!
It was directed by Thomas Vinterberg, one of the creators of the Dogma 95 movement, who sought to make films more real and less commercial. In short, camera in hand and an idea in mind.
Mads Mikkelsen plays Professor Martin in this Oscar-winning film for best foreign language film.
The final scene is one of the best I’ve ever seen. A celebration of love for life!
BOOK: The book of hugs – Eduardo Galeano (2005). A handbook for life.
Professional story hunter, Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano has condensed his wanderings and examines them in this unique book.
Everything he has seen, heard, observed, heard and smelled is brought together in this work as delicate and dangerous as Life itself.
“I write for those who cannot read me. Those at the bottom, those who have been waiting for centuries in the queue of history, those who can’t read or don’t know.”
The small big moments of everyone’s life are told without the greatness of the great achievements of history, but with the importance and greatness that everyone knows how to give to their own lived experiences.
Written in exile and illustrated by the author himself, O Livro dos Abraços is a collection of memories, dreams and fairy tales that intertwine the real and the imaginary, banal everyday life, people and their quirks and traditions, politics, economy, war and peace, and above all Love, your hugs and your kisses.
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Source: Terra
Ben Stock is a lifestyle journalist and author at Gossipify. He writes about topics such as health, wellness, travel, food and home decor. He provides practical advice and inspiration to improve well-being, keeps readers up to date with latest lifestyle news and trends, known for his engaging writing style, in-depth analysis and unique perspectives.
