Love Changes Body Chemistry
Ah, love. In the heady days of a mutual crush, pulses race, knees go weak, and heads reel. So strong are these feelings, they’ve launched a thousand songs and poems. But it’s more than just a metaphor. Love does indeed impact our bodies in measurable ways. You feel different and are different. Read on to find out what researchers have discovered about this thing called love.
Dopamine is the brain’s pleasure chemical. It plays a role in gambling, drug use, and, well, love. When we fall in love, dopamine is released, making couples feel elated and energetic about each other. (more…)
Love and Responsibility
As Valentine’s Day is coming, Thai teenagers are looking forward to celebrating this sweet occasion. However, adults and related authorities have recently expressed their deepest concerns over premature sexual engagement,epidemics caused by unprotected sex, undesirable pregnancy and teens’ inappropriate behaviors.
Although Buddhists are Thailand’s majority population, Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular festivals that is widely celebrated by numerous lovers, especially youngsters. (more…)
Love Hurts
People who are primed to think about how madly in love they are with a partner put down other appealing members of their own sex, and are even more aggressive toward them, compared with people who are instead encouraged to ponder sex with a significant other, according to new research.
“Love, arguably the most positive of all human emotions, also comes with a dark side,” study researcher Jon Maner, a psychologist at Florida State University, said. (more…)
Sex And Love Addiction Are the Same
Sex addiction and love addiction: Are they the same thing or entirely different? Depends on who you ask. Those who recognize both as legitimate process addictions , similar to compulsive gambling or shopping, (and we can have a discussion about the nature of addiction another time) tend to put the two at odds: sex addiction versus love addiction. Love addicts are emotionally fragile victims (usually female), forever clutching at the ankles of love avoidant (male) sex addicts, those lying, manipulative jerks. This predator/victim paradigm is neat, clean and easy to digest … and it misses the entire pathology of the addiction. (more…)
