But because MDMA releases so much serotonin, your body also destroys more than usual.

These feelings generally lasts around 3-8 hours, as your brain cells naturally work to reuptake the serotonin and have it chemically destroyed.

When something really great happens in your life, say you fall in love, there is an increase in the release of serotonin from nerve cells, which ultimately stimulates your body and makes you feel happy.

These same cells are triggered to release enormous amounts of serotonin, along with other neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine, which trigger even more electrochemical firing in the brain.