Q: What exactly are urban legends? A: Urban legends are popular stories alleged to be true and passed from individual to individual via oral or written (e.g. forwarded email) communication.: What exactly are urban legends? A: Urban legends are popular stories alleged to be true and passed from individual to individual via oral or written (e.g. forwarded email) communication.
When a person gets injured, their brains release chemicals called opioids into the space between neurons that acts to dull the pain signals. The effect is seen the most in the brain regions called the ventral striatum, amygdala, midline thalamus, and periaqueductal gray.
In certain areas of the brain when dopamine is released it gives one the feeling of pleasure or satisfaction (1) . These feelings of satisfaction become desired, and the person will grow a desire for the satisfaction. To satisfy that desire the person will repeat behaviors that cause the release of dopamine (2) .