Endorphins ? Mother Nature?s ?Little Pleasure Triggers? in the Body

Added: 12/14/2005

If there was a way to bottle and sell endorphins, there would be a lot of rich individuals on the planet. They are the feel-good chemicals produced in our bodies. Endorphins are very important in the process of activation in our bodies. They occur naturally in the brain and block pain receptors and stimulate the pleasure centers. They are produced as a result of stress, depressions, and chronic tiredness. The lack of endorphins leads to failure of enjoying the life.

Endorphins are the hormones of pleasure that play an important role in the pain relieving process, regulate emotions and perception of information that we receive during lifetime. They are synthesized in the cells of the brain and are in close connection with the nervous system. The endorphin system is the most important system of managing.

The process of examination of the endorphin system took a long period of time. But the deep research in this field led to many discoveries. The scientists found special receptors in the endorphin system. Some reactions of our organism and mood depend on these receptors, for example, sleepy state or excitement. Some of receptors raise the pressure, some of them reduce it.

The importance of the endorphin system is great. In extreme situations, endorphins react as painkillers and activate our mental process. After the stress they help us to return to the normal way of living and relieve the adrenaline reactions. They stimulate pleasure centers. The normal state of endorphin system makes us satisfied and we enjoy the life. Moreover, if we receive physical injuries, endorphins help to relieve the pain. Sometimes injured people do not feel pain at all. The endorphins help us to create new models of behavior in order to resist difficult situations.

Endorphins have properties in pain relieving similar to narcotics like opium and morphine. They both block the receptors that are responsible for pain, hunger, thirst, etc. But the main difference between them is that endorphins are natural products of our body, while all the drugs are synthetically produced.

Endorphins never destroy the activity of our bodies, on the contrary they help to restore, while drugs do serious harm. After taking narcotic substances our brain cannot produce enough hormones required that is why the addiction develops and people who become addicted cannot feel natural positive emotions and feelings without taking a dose. The endorphin system fails to give necessary hormones.

Sometimes the endorphin system can suffer even without drug addiction. Stresses, problems and a lack of rest results in problems with the endorphin system. It was necessary to invent new methods of recovering. The scientist discovered that regular exercises and sports stimulate the endorphin system to work more effectively. It was proven that physical activity helped to produce more endorphins that meant that the balance of the organism was restored.

Especially in this connection, the practice of employing physical exercises with mental development is the best. Therefore, it is not surprising why yoga and meditation and other eastern practices have become very popular nowadays. They aim at gaining the balance between our mental and physical activities and making our body and soul healthy.

Thus, our bodies are complicated and amazing, but it depends on us to maintain them, and learn how to recover from stress, depression, tiredness or bad moods and concentrate on enjoying life!

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