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Apart from the bonding mechanisms of sex that they mentioned, the strongest natural love drug I've encountered is newborn smell. Somehow for the first few week
by Scaevolus 6y ago
Apart from the bonding mechanisms of sex that they mentioned, the strongest natural love drug I've encountered is newborn smell.
Somehow for the first few weeks after they're born, sniffing a newborn releases a powerful hit of dopamine and oxytocin in the brain. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-smell-of-newborn-babies-triggers-the-same-reward-centers-as-drugs-58482/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-smell-of-newbo...
- pmoriarty 6y agoI guess I must be impervious to this smell, as I've held newborns and they did absolutely nothing for me. MDMA and other psychedelics, on the other hand... there's no mistaking their effects, which in sufficient doses can be infinitely more powerful than people who've never taken them can imagine.