Mini-episode - The Serotonin Addendum
12/27/21 • 8 min
What do we actually know about serotonin and infatuation? On the last episode, I explored the neuroscience of infatuation and explored possible myths, which turned out to be mostly true. But I was left with additional questions about serotonin. It turns out, we don’t know as much as I thought about serotonin and love. The links between serotonin and love seem to be a story we have told so many times, we forgot it’s mostly just a story.
Serotonin! What do we know? Do We Know Things? Let’s find out!
Listen to the original episode: Is Love a Drug?
Find the script for this episode here.
Hosted by Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton, psychology professor and sex educator.
Music and editing Jeremy Dahl https://www.palebluedot.ca/
Script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What do we actually know about serotonin and infatuation? On the last episode, I explored the neuroscience of infatuation and explored possible myths, which turned out to be mostly true. But I was left with additional questions about serotonin. It turns out, we don’t know as much as I thought about serotonin and love. The links between serotonin and love seem to be a story we have told so many times, we forgot it’s mostly just a story.
Serotonin! What do we know? Do We Know Things? Let’s find out!
Listen to the original episode: Is Love a Drug?
Find the script for this episode here.
Hosted by Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton, psychology professor and sex educator.
Music and editing Jeremy Dahl https://www.palebluedot.ca/
Script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Is Love a Drug?
Infatuation. Limerence. New relationship energy. All are words for the intense, sometimes overwhelming feelings people experience in new relationships. This feeling can feel like a drug. There is euphoria when you are with the person and withrawal symptoms when you are not. Others have said the infatuation shares symptoms with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Is love a drug? Is it like OCD? In this episode, we examine the research to see what we know about love.
Love! What do we know? Do We Know Things? Let’s find out!
Listen to me talk more about this with some real life examples on Turn Me On Podcast - Episode 166
Find the script for this episode here.
Hosted by Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton, psychology professor and sex educator.
Music and editing Jeremy Dahl https://www.palebluedot.ca/
Script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Restorative Justice: A More Human Process for Survivors
Listen. We all know there's a problem with the way the legal system handles sexual assault cases. Anyone who has been through it or has heard about or read about a survivor's experience knows how horrible and retraumatizing the process can be. But what if there was a different way. A more human way. That's where restorative justice comes in.
My guest on this episode is Marlee Liss, a sensuality coach and an advocate for restorative justice. Marlee is a survivor of sexual assault and was the first person in Canada and the U.S. to have a restorative justice resolution to her sexual assault case within the legal system. It is a fascinating story of her advocating for her needs after assault and getting to look her assailant in the eye and say and hear the things she needed to say and hear to heal. We also address some beliefs and misunderstandings around restorative justice.
Restorative Justice! What do we know? Do We Know Things? Let’s find out!
Previous episode on Restorative Justice: Rethinking Justice for Sexual Assault
Links mentioned in this episode:
Trauma Not Transformed is Trauma Transferred by Tabitha Mpamira-Kaguri
Until We Reckon by Danielle Sered
Find the script for this episode here.
Hosted by Dr. Lisa Dawn Hamilton, psychology professor and sex educator.
Music and editing Jeremy Dahl https://www.palebluedot.ca/
Script assistance by Matt Tunnacliffe
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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