That's why you might experience a pounding heart or sweaty palms when you see someone you've got the hots for. A U.S. News and World Report article explains the importance of the vagus, a nerve that threads through your whole body. Everyone knows that jumpy, sort of sick feeling in your stomach. When too many happy chemicals like PEA and dopamine flood your brain, they head straight for the limbic system. In this phase of the relationship, your brain produces endorphins, brain opiates more like morphine than speed.
Relationships take work.
They just do. I n the end, even hard-core scientists agree that chemistry isn't everything. Culture, circumstances, personality, and scores of other variables help decide who turns your head and who leaves you cold. Search for it here. Post a FREE ad to our worldwide Photo database.