OXYTOCIN with answers

What does OXYTOCIN feel like?
1. love
  1. connection
2. trust
3. safety
4. feeling part of a team
How does it feel when our OXYTOCIN is low?
1. lonely
  1. disconnected
  2. rejected
  3. sad
How can we release OXYTOCIN?
1. hugs
  1. any physical contact
2. eye contact
3. being on a team
4. 5 Love Languages (Gary Chapman)
  1. gifts
  2. acts of service
  3. physical touch
  4. words of affirmation
  5. quality time
5. sharing a meal
6. taking care of someone
  1. patting your dog
7. Brain talk: "I have so much love in my life."
How does OXYTOCIN help us?
1. helps us deal with stress
2. Helps us deal with moments of low SEROTONIN
3. improves our ability to read facial expressions and body languages
  1. improves our social skills and makes us better friends
Activities
1. 5 sec hug
2. Baby film
3. massage
Animal example
1. don't judge the cat chasing the mouse
Biology
1. Our limbic system triggers the release of oxytocin into our blood stream.
  1. We have oxytocin receptors in our hearts
2. Oxytocin helps us grow our PRE FRONTAL CORTEX
  1. social skills and IMAGINATION!

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	Created by Charlotte Ellery over 8 years ago

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