What is dopamine and why all the fuss I hear you ponder? Well, here are my musings on this trend.
The Oxford dictionary tells us that dopamine is:
"A catecholamine that is a precursor in the synthesis of noradrenaline and adrenaline. It also functions as a neurotransmitter, especially in the brain. Dopamine acts on areas of the brain to give you feelings of pleasure, satisfaction and motivation. Dopamine also has a role to play in controlling memory, mood, sleep, learning, concentration, movement and other body functions".
When dopamine is released in large amounts, it creates feelings of pleasure and reward which motivates us to repeat a specific behaviour. Basically you get a dopamine hit after you exercise, eating something yummy, base-jump off Mount Everest, or, keep it simple and wear bright colours. As a qualified Colour therapist, I can categorially attest to the health benefits of wearing colour.
Although, it has to be said a colour that works for you may not work on someone else. It's completely individualistic! Many factors contribute to this for e.g. personality, preferences, skin tone. hair/eye colour and aura.
I love wearing bright colours but I also wear black and grey too. It really depends on my mood. I will always wear a bright colour to an interview for confidence. The colour green instils a sense peace and calm. Yellow is the colour of joy (for me anyway). Red can be a stimulating colour but also increase anger. Blue is calming but can also be associated with cold. This is all subjective though as people have different attitudes to certain colours and their emotions that are attached to that particular shade.
Have a look in your wardrobe and see if you are drawn to a particular colour and then ask yourself what does that colour remind you of. Does it spark joy? Does it make you feel sad? Remind of you of a past experience?
Have fun with it and pick the colours that bring you the most joy!
In the Style File above I've added some gorgeous dopamine hitting dresses. For a double dopamine hit, cos your saving the planet and your pennies, you can rent one of these gorgeous dresses from happy-Days.ie
An Irish female owned fashion rental with the most stunning dress selection.
Check out the linked dresses below.
If you would like me to suggest a few colours for you, please, just let me know :-)
Wear what makes your heart sing!
Have a dope day out there!
Orla xxx
