It Came To Me In The Shower
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Cheryl ~ Single mom of Cassie 17 year old entering her senior year the fall of 2010. I find that I have the best ideas when I am in my morning shower. As the owner of an ecommerce site that has 2 blogs we depend on creative ideas on a regular basis. We realized after some research there is a reason this happens and it doesn’t happen to just us.
Kim ~ Widowed mom of 3 sons Josh 16, Luke 14 and Casey 12. Having lost the love of my life 2 years ago some of my creativeness seemed to have been lost. Then I started to notice the same thing. In my morning showers I had the best ideas. So we decided to dedicate this blog to the ideas we have in the shower.
|By Tom Keyser | Tom Keyser,New York Times News Service
Ever had a creative thought while the water cascades down your back?
It’s not happenstance that a morning shower energizes you, promotes insightful thinking and makes your skin tingle.
There’s a scientific explanation for that, says Frank Rice, a professor in the Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience at Albany Medical College.
When you take a shower, he says, the warm water running over your body stimulates nerve endings in the epidermis, the outer layer of skin.
“We recently discovered that the cells of the epidermis, called keratinocytes, contain natural opium-related compounds known as beta-endorphins,” Rice says.
Beta-endorphins cause a pleasurable sensation when released in the brain.
In a study published in Nature Medicine in 2003, Rice and his colleagues found that stimulation of the uppermost cells of the epidermis, as happens during a shower, causes a release of beta-endorphins that act on nerve endings to cause a soothing sensation.
“Just the stimulation itself raises the awareness level of the brain,” Rice says. “That triggers activity that can lead to something that is a new thought.”
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