I wanted to share some discussion with you all around the 'magic' that MDMA brings and what I believe might be the cause.
The other night I was thinking about all the things MDMA produces to get that effect, lots of Serotonin, Dopamine and something called Oxytocin.
At first I was like what the hell is Oxytocin and to my surprise it's the chemical that makes you love in a basic sense.
Example:
Serotonin = Happy
Dopamine = Feel Good
Oxytocin = Love
So, this got me thinking a bit because I no longer have that 'magic' feeling and I've been trying to explain to people what it feels like and honestly it's a loss of love and empathy. I no longer get that urge to hug everyone, the love for everything around me and even in normal life I don't get the 'love' feeling anymore, I don't feel that heart felt feeling .. it's just gone and I know that I used to feel it.
This Oxytocin is even produced when a child is born so that it has a deep connection with it's mother and the same apply s all through life bonding with each other and loving as well.
So my theory is that we aren't missing the Serotonin like everyone thinks, saying we don't have enough ... that we have damaged the receptors and look this might contribute to the feeling as well but I've always thought it was something else. What if it's lack of Oxytocin being released, maybe it's gone forever or takes years to recover or it's damaged from over use of MDMA.
It just makes sense, infact Oxytocin has been linked to Empathy and after researching the substance it sounds exactly what's missing from my MDMA rolls.
What do you think ?
The other night I was thinking about all the things MDMA produces to get that effect, lots of Serotonin, Dopamine and something called Oxytocin.
At first I was like what the hell is Oxytocin and to my surprise it's the chemical that makes you love in a basic sense.
Example:
Serotonin = Happy
Dopamine = Feel Good
Oxytocin = Love
So, this got me thinking a bit because I no longer have that 'magic' feeling and I've been trying to explain to people what it feels like and honestly it's a loss of love and empathy. I no longer get that urge to hug everyone, the love for everything around me and even in normal life I don't get the 'love' feeling anymore, I don't feel that heart felt feeling .. it's just gone and I know that I used to feel it.
This Oxytocin is even produced when a child is born so that it has a deep connection with it's mother and the same apply s all through life bonding with each other and loving as well.
So my theory is that we aren't missing the Serotonin like everyone thinks, saying we don't have enough ... that we have damaged the receptors and look this might contribute to the feeling as well but I've always thought it was something else. What if it's lack of Oxytocin being released, maybe it's gone forever or takes years to recover or it's damaged from over use of MDMA.
It just makes sense, infact Oxytocin has been linked to Empathy and after researching the substance it sounds exactly what's missing from my MDMA rolls.
What do you think ?