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“Fear of a bully, fear of a volcano; the power within you does not distinguish. It does not recognize degree.”

Fear Survival Stress Bullying Bully Stressful Nervous System Bullies Stressors Fight Or Flight Hypothalamus

Book:The Fifth Season

Source: The Fifth Season

“Being around other people and developing close relationships feels good for a reason, and that reason is dopamine. Thus it’s not surprising that dopamine and oxytocin interact with each other. Dopamine neurons connect to the part of the hypothalamus where oxytocin is produced, and oxytocin stimulates the area of the brain stem where dopamine is produced. In addition, the dopamine-rich nucleus accumbens receives input from oxytocin neurons.”

Relationship Dopamine Oxytocin Hypothalamus

Book:The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time

Source: The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time

“It is thought that a lack of sunlight stops the hypothalamus (a small part of the brain that regulates important functions, including circadian rhythms) from working properly, which leads to a lack of serotonin (the "happy hormone") and a disrupted body clock.”

Brain Sunlight Interior Design Serotonin Hypothalamus

Book:Design A Healthy Home: 100 ways to transform your space for physical and mental wellbeing

Source: Design A Healthy Home: 100 ways to transform your space for physical and mental wellbeing

“I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain.”

People Choices Brain Conditions Size Transgender Physiological Hypothalamus

Author:Mercedes Ruehl

“Greetings, conversationalists across the fruited plain, this is Rush Limbaugh, the most dangerous man in America, with the largest hypothalamus in North America, serving humanity simply by opening my mouth, destined for my own wing in the Museum of Broadcasting, executing everything I do flawlessly with zero mistakes, doing this show with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair because I have talent on loan from ... God. Rush Limbaugh. A man. A legend. A way of life.”

“There's really no such thing as the agony of dying. I'm quite sure that pain is shut off at the moment of death. You see, something happens when the body knows it's about to go. Peptide hormones are released by cells in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. Endorphins. They attach themselves to the cells responsible for feeling pain.”

Knows Moments Feelings Body Happens Pain Dying Responsible Cells Agony Hormones Glands Endorphins Feeling Pain Hypothalamus

Author:Lewis Thomas

“If all pleasure is relief from tension, junk affords relief from the whole life process, in disconnecting the hypothalamus, which is the center of psychic energy and libido.”

Ifs Whole Energy Process Pleasure Whole Life Tension Relief Psychics Junk Libido Disconnecting Hypothalamus

Book:Naked lunch

Source: Naked lunch

“I'm alone. And I'm crying. And no one is coming to the crib. And the nightlight has burned out. And I'm mad. I'm so mad. Left frontal lobe. I...I...I don't feel so good. Left occipital lobe. I... don't remember where...Left parietal lobe. I...I...I can't remember my name,but...but...Right temporal...but I'm still here. Right frontal. I'm still here... Right occipital.I'm still...Right parietal. I'm...Cerebellum. I'm...Thalamus. I...Hypothalamus. I...Hippocampus...Medulla.”

Feels Stills I Can Remember Names Left Cry Mad Burned Burned Out Hypothalamus

Author:Neal Shusterman

“In Ixion music and party are our only beliefs. Darkness is our comfort. We have few rules but they are absolute. Your endocrine systems have been altered by changes to your hypothalamus. You no longer need to sleep or see sunlight.”

Needs Has Beens Belief Sleep Party Darkness Comfort Absolutes Sunlight Altered Hypothalamus

Author:Marianne de Pierres

“The hypothalamus is one of the most important parts of the brain, involved in many kinds of motivation, among other functions. The hypothalamus controls the "Four F's": fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating.”

Kind Important Motivation Fighting Sex Brain Four Involved Function Feeding Fleeing Mating Hypothalamus

Author:Marvin Dunnette

“The hunger drive is truly a mind-body connection. Eating is so important that the nerve cells of appetite are located in the hypothalamus region of the brain.”

Mind Important Body Brain Eating Connections Hunger Cells Regions Nerves Appetite Mind Body Mind Body Connection Hypothalamus

Book:Intuitive Eating

Source: Intuitive Eating