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On a #Neurochemical level, yes, things move:

#Oxytocin (the glue of attachment) plummets, #Cortisol (the stress hormone) rises, and the reward system dries up.

But what really messes us up is the lack of meaning.

𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

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The 2 kinds of #social rewards depend on different kinds of #neurochemical processes

Being cared for promotes #opioid based #pleasure processes in the #brain

In contrast, the effects of #oxytocin may be better characterized as modifying the dopaminergic processes that promote approach behavior.

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The same #neurochemical (morphine) that is instrumental in alleviating the distress of physical #pain may also be central in alleviating the distress of #social separation in infants.

This was the first hard #evidence that social and physical pain are treated in similar ways by the #brain