The Brain in Ecstasy :: Biology Essays Research Papers

The Brain in EcstasyLITTLE PILL flannel AND ROUNDGULP OF WATER, TURBO DOWN ANXIETY NOW, CANT STAND OR SIT, JUST WAIT, DONT WORRY, IT WILL HIT IN HALF-AN-HOUR YOU RISE INSIDE, EVERYONE LOVES, NO HATE TO HIDE. EVERYTHINGS GOOD, THERE IS NO WRONG, IF THE WHOLE WORLD SWALLOWED IT, EVERYONE WOULD GET ALONG... WORLD PEACE I HAVE A VISION, CANNOT BE OBTAINED THROUGH RELIGIONBUT CAN BE resolute CHEMICALLYTHERE IS A GOD CALLED ECSTASY- By Anonymous user of ecstasy (1). The various account of users of a drug known as ecstasy were among the most moving and perplexing reading that I had ever encountered. It is remarkable to imagine that each of us is able to rise inside, overcome the barriers of every ban feelings, and to love to our outermost capacity.... with slightly help from the little white pill. While most of the accounts that I reviewed had an overriding theme of experience of closeness, love, and peace, the accounts were very outcome specific A writer finds a years lost muse, a gi rl learns how to love herself and others, a religious man finally achieves spiritual expansion, a couple is able to exchange sexual roles as if having their partners body, and the list goes on and on (2). But there are also negative experiences associated with the use of ecstasy, although they are documented much less. For example, a user describes his state after a trip on ecstasy for the next couple of days afterwards I was an emotional wreck, paranoid as hell, shaking, involuntary muscle spasms, and my tonsillitis came back (3). After a similar negative experience, another user who genuinely had to stop taking ecstasy because of the detrimental side effects it produced, comments Its just a pity that people cant feel worry they do on Ecstasy, naturally (4). Perhaps trying to understand how a chemical can cause a state of euphoria would help us figure out how to achieve it naturally. Then, we can make some sense of, or at least hypothesize about, the neurobiology which underlies the depth of human experience. From even some accounts I outlined above, one can see how complex the feelings brought about by this drug really are. Finding the muse and everything that encompasses it, is a quite compound behavior, not to mention the vision of world peace and love It seems unlikely that a simple chemical should cause such a wide divagate of effects.