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Feeling excited raises your adrenaline levels. Excitement increases blood pressure and increases respiratory rate. There is also a strange tingling sensation in your belly and a racing heart. What happens to the body when it is excited?
How does the body react to excitement?
Excitement is caused by hormones. The person who makes us feel excited is the trigger for the release of phenylethylamine. Phenylethylamine can act as a neurotransmitter in the body. Thanks to her, we feel attracted to the person who caught our eye. Phenylethylamine derivatives are part of amphetamine. The sources of excitement can also be found in the production of the aforementioned adrenaline, which causes the narrowing of blood vessels, acceleration of the pulse, and increases the number of breaths per minute. Also dopamine and endorphins – happiness hormones – come to the fore. Research has shown that people suffering from depression have a reduced concentration of tyrosine, the precursor to dopamine. Therefore, in a person in love and therefore excited, the concentration of dopamine will increase.
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Which brain centers are responsible for excitement?
Numerous studies have shown that scientists are able to read during MRI of the brain which area of the brain reacts to excitement. The amygdala is responsible for the feeling of emotions, its damage in turn leads to disturbances in the sense of, for example, sexual pleasures. On the other hand, when reading adult magazines, it causes reactions in the fronto-orbital cortex.
How do you recognize your excitement?
The madness of the hormones in the blood has its external symptoms. The easiest way to read excitement is from the face, and above all from the eyes. In an excited person, the pupils are greatly enlarged (they have the ability to increase their diameter 10 times). This is one of the first signs of excitement caused by dopamine. Scientists explain this reaction by the fact that people with large eyes seem – from a psychological point of view – more attractive.
When it comes to the reaction of the rest of the body to excitement, it is certainly worth mentioning that the adrenaline discharge from the adrenal cortex causes the heart to beat faster and the muscles blood supply better. For women, the size of the breasts increases by up to 25 percent, and the nipples stiffen and enlarge. Sometimes the reddening of the face, neck or breasts is caused by blockage of blood vessels.
When it comes to the subsequent symptoms of excitement, it is impossible not to mention the excessive sweating of the hands – the release of hormones leads to nervousness and even bewilderment with the situation. It also warms the limbs.
The genitals in the excitement phase also change – the mucus begins to moisturize the vaginal walls, the clitoris becomes larger. Men develop an erection.
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Butterflies in the belly as a symptom of excitement
Each of us has heard about the so-called butterflies in the belly. This tingling sensation in the abdomen is caused by the aforementioned phenylethylamine released not only when feeling excited, but also in other stressful situations.