Is there a chemical reaction in the brain that causes you to "feel" in love? Can it be reproduced without actually being in love?
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To quote The Devils Advocate. "What about love?" "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate."
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yes, and eating chocolate causes that chemical reaction to occur, or simulates it. Love isn't just a whim or choice, we can't love someone unless out mind tells us we do.
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People researching brain function claim to have found that the same area of brain lights up when people in love see a picture of or think about their beloved as lights up when they take cocaine. So, according to them, love is like a cocaine hit. They also say that this sort of romantic love only lasts about 18 months. If you cannot build up the longer lasting friendship/companionship form of love in that period, you wil split up. They say.
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Yes...initial conatct with someone you find attractive causes an increase in endorphans, which create a feeling of pleasure. Much of the time...it is caused by the odor of the other. This is more common in men. Like a drug, though the brain "get's used to it", and those strong feelings suside in most. You knew I was going to answer this.
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Phenyl Ethel Amine, up to 5% in Cocoa. It's precusour to several NureoTransmiters
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The endorpine rush of an intense workout, or adreniline rush of a great roller coaster provides a similar biochemical reaction. That is why a lot of guys "love" their sports car/motor cycles etc.
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Emotions are chemicals, which is a physical process in your biology. So, it is chemical at it's base, whether you attach spiritualism to it is up to you.
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if its true its all of the above +4
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myth
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