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I agree and I am certain that everyone's experiences vary.

For instance some people enjoy things they consider frightening - others hate it.

My suggestion is that there is not a direct causal link between a higher or lower level of seratonin and a mental state called anxiety.

The same bodily state can enjoin one to flight or fight. Attitude, history, personality, self-belief and training can alter ones attitude to the same hormonal situation.

Changing the way one thinks about things can be very effective. I do not mean to trivialise such a change, this can require professional help, such as congitive behavioral therapy.

I posit there is not a one-to-one correlation between seratonin level and a mental state ( fright or excite ) but that other factors confound it.

Perhaps this is why these studies have come to seemingly contradictory ideas about seratonin levels and mental states ?

Links between the chemistry of the brain and distinct mental states seems less well established than proponents of the 'chemical-imbalance' school of therapy maintain.



I understand you when you say there isn't a direct link between serotonin and anxiety.

I don't understand how that bears any relation to whether anxiety and positive-excitement are the same thing.

Also, when I'm excited in a happy way, I don't feel the compounding negative effects of stress hormones. You think that's all perception?




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