Arthur Brooks

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. So that's gas. Yeah, that's gas. And what that's doing is it's taking you then to step three, which ordinarily will start happening a couple of weeks in once you're dating and know each other. Then what happens is this crazy thing. where you implicate another neuromodulator, but it doesn't increase, it plummets.

Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. So that's gas. Yeah, that's gas. And what that's doing is it's taking you then to step three, which ordinarily will start happening a couple of weeks in once you're dating and know each other. Then what happens is this crazy thing. where you implicate another neuromodulator, but it doesn't increase, it plummets.

That's serotonin. So now everybody knows at this point, they think they know, that clinical depression implicates serotonin. So serotonin levels are too low in the synapse of the brain. And for blah, blah, blah, gobbledygook, what's going on is when people take antidepressant drugs like Prozac, that's supposed to increase the amount of serotonin in the bloodstream that's in the synapse. And why?

That's serotonin. So now everybody knows at this point, they think they know, that clinical depression implicates serotonin. So serotonin levels are too low in the synapse of the brain. And for blah, blah, blah, gobbledygook, what's going on is when people take antidepressant drugs like Prozac, that's supposed to increase the amount of serotonin in the bloodstream that's in the synapse. And why?

That's serotonin. So now everybody knows at this point, they think they know, that clinical depression implicates serotonin. So serotonin levels are too low in the synapse of the brain. And for blah, blah, blah, gobbledygook, what's going on is when people take antidepressant drugs like Prozac, that's supposed to increase the amount of serotonin in the bloodstream that's in the synapse. And why?

Because there's all this evidence that when serotonin levels are low, you're going to feel sadness. You're going to feel rumination, ruminative sadness. Now, a part of the brain that that's implicating is a thing called the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. It's literally a structure in your brain dedicated to rumination. I'm so stupid. I can't believe I did that.

Because there's all this evidence that when serotonin levels are low, you're going to feel sadness. You're going to feel rumination, ruminative sadness. Now, a part of the brain that that's implicating is a thing called the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. It's literally a structure in your brain dedicated to rumination. I'm so stupid. I can't believe I did that.

Because there's all this evidence that when serotonin levels are low, you're going to feel sadness. You're going to feel rumination, ruminative sadness. Now, a part of the brain that that's implicating is a thing called the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex. It's literally a structure in your brain dedicated to rumination. I'm so stupid. I can't believe I did that.

My life has been a mistake, et cetera, et cetera.

My life has been a mistake, et cetera, et cetera.

My life has been a mistake, et cetera, et cetera.

Yeah, well, not necessarily. What it does is it makes you learn from your mistakes. When you ruminate on something that happened in the past, you learn from something that didn't go right, so you don't do it again in the future. But it has other functions as well. That ventral lateral prefrontal cortex, it's ignited when serotonin levels fall. Another thing that it does is it involves creativity.

Yeah, well, not necessarily. What it does is it makes you learn from your mistakes. When you ruminate on something that happened in the past, you learn from something that didn't go right, so you don't do it again in the future. But it has other functions as well. That ventral lateral prefrontal cortex, it's ignited when serotonin levels fall. Another thing that it does is it involves creativity.

Yeah, well, not necessarily. What it does is it makes you learn from your mistakes. When you ruminate on something that happened in the past, you learn from something that didn't go right, so you don't do it again in the future. But it has other functions as well. That ventral lateral prefrontal cortex, it's ignited when serotonin levels fall. Another thing that it does is it involves creativity.

Creativity is rumination. So you're thinking about a business plan. You're thinking about writing a poem, a symphony, right? It's the same structure in the brain. Rumination. I'm so sad.

Creativity is rumination. So you're thinking about a business plan. You're thinking about writing a poem, a symphony, right? It's the same structure in the brain. Rumination. I'm so sad.

Creativity is rumination. So you're thinking about a business plan. You're thinking about writing a poem, a symphony, right? It's the same structure in the brain. Rumination. I'm so sad.

She broke my heart. Or it's just like, I can't stop thinking about it. I can't stop thinking about it. And when you're falling in love. This is step three. So serotonin level falls, the ventral lateral prefrontal cortex lights up like a Christmas tree and you ruminate on the other person because you're bonding on the other person. You're bonding to the other person.

She broke my heart. Or it's just like, I can't stop thinking about it. I can't stop thinking about it. And when you're falling in love. This is step three. So serotonin level falls, the ventral lateral prefrontal cortex lights up like a Christmas tree and you ruminate on the other person because you're bonding on the other person. You're bonding to the other person.

She broke my heart. Or it's just like, I can't stop thinking about it. I can't stop thinking about it. And when you're falling in love. This is step three. So serotonin level falls, the ventral lateral prefrontal cortex lights up like a Christmas tree and you ruminate on the other person because you're bonding on the other person. You're bonding to the other person.