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The Happy Brain Chemical Study

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Picture this scenario. A girl is on her phone on a Friday night. She's in high school and her friends just asked her last minute to go hang out with them. The only problem? It's ten at night and you have work early tomorrow plus an essay is due for Social Studies 12 in two days. Now picture this. A girl stays in on a Friday night. She's in high school and her essay for Social Studies 12 is due the following Monday at the start of class. Now it's your turn to decide. Which person are you?
High school is said to be either the worst or best time of your life. I suppose it's all how you make it out to be. Earlier this year I took a Psychology class in school. This class may have been the most influential class I've ever taken. Now in this class we learned about the human mind. More so why we do what we do. In the brain are little tiny transmitters called norepinephrine's. These are commonly called "The Happy Brain Chemical". These are important in monitoring what things we do and if they make us feel delightful or not. In high school this can either be a good or a bad thing. For me? It's been a good thing. To feel a lot of delight I mean. …show more content…

The not so suprising part? Females make up way over half of this percentage. Why? According to NIMH these females are not socializing as much as they should be. Now I'm going to bring you back to my elementary years. Remember when the lady from the Health Department came in and showed you the mental health triangle? Well as I remember it the three sides were physical health, mental health, and emotional health. All three very important but mental health was the biggest triangle. My point is people need to go out and socialize. Recall my earlier paragraph? You need those little tiny happy things floating around inside your head to be mentally stable. Enough to perfectly balance your personal

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