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submitted 7 months ago by to c/Couplememes@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Human consciousness is more complicated that the constituent neurotransmitters

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Ehhh, not really. We also have associations with past events and emotions are a bit culturally mediated, but the neurotransmitters are doing the heavy lifting.

    Our emotions are just a chemical system. The subjective experience feels more complicated than just "now i have oxytocin", but lots of things feel different than they really are.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Human consciousness is an ongoing process that is produced by an inordinately complicated interplay of neurons and many chemicals and other things and factors...

    But yeah, its a ... semi-reasonable simplification to say that the feeling of waking up with a partner you love, are physically and emotionally close to...

    Yeah that basically is your body giving you a lot of oxytocin, that produces that kind of content/safe/never want to leave feeling.

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