With an irresistible cocktail of chemicals, our brain entices us to fall in love. We believe we’re choosing a partner. But we may merely be the happy victims of nature’s lovely plan.
The first stage of love is driven by the sex hormones testosterone and oestrogen – in both men and women.
The second stage involves three main neurotransmitters.
1.Adrenaline. The initial stages of falling for someone activates your stress response, increasing your blood levels of adrenalin and cortisol. This has the charming effect that when you unexpectedly bump into your new love, you start to sweat, your heart races and your mouth goes dry.
2.Dopamine. This chemical stimulates ‘desire and reward’ by triggering an intense rush of pleasure. It has the same effect on the brain as taking cocaine! Fisher suggests “couples often show the signs of surging dopamine: increased energy, less need for sleep or food, focused attention and exquisite delight in smallest details of this novel relationship” .
3.Serotonin. One of love's most important chemicals that may explain why when you’re falling in love, your new lover keeps popping into your thoughts. "
For those of you who didn't pay attention in Ms.Izrina's class and missed out BIG TIME. Its true girls, we're doomed. Because what we thought was the only one, unexplainable, silly, impulsive yet beautiful thing-
LOVE REALLY IS JUST A CHEMICAL REACTION.
