I ventured out today thinking the 'Main Event' is happening, but I guess not until tomorrow.
In spite of many headliners like:
- The World's Largest Belt buckle
- 45th Annual Pow Wow and
- The World-Famous Gem & Mineral Show
It just couldn't hold my attention.
So, even though I have not been doing much of it lately, I want to talk about kissing.
Ummm. A kiss. Our lips are packed with nerve endings that are sensitive to pressure, warmth, cold, and every other kind of stimulus. A light brush lights up a very large part of the brain.
Who knew there are this many chemicals/hormones involved in one little tiny, itsy bitsy, innocent kiss??
- Dopamine - allows us to recognize interesting situations, remember pleasant ones, and seek new ones. Dopamine stimulates the same part of our brain as cocaine. We may feel we are on "cloud nine" or "walking on air." Although, alas, these levels decrease as we get to know whoever owns the other lips our lips are kissing.
- Oxytocin - fosters feelings of attachment and affection.
- Serotonin - can cause obsessive feelings and thoughts about another person. Thus one kiss and we have "fallen in love."
- Norepinephrine - a stress hormone may bring that feeling of being 'weak in the knees.'
- Adrenaline - boosts our heart rate, can make us sweat, reduces stress and primes us for more physical contact. It can also distort our perception of that kiss. (That explains a lot.)
Just a light brush and our blood vessels and pupils dilate. We receive extra surges of oxygen to the part of the brain that is associated with love, passion, and lust.
I am thinking, once we know all the downsides, puckering up is something we should all be doing a lot more of!
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