WHO IS IN LOVE?

What's love got to do, got to do with it, so goes the chorus of a popular song, asked how we feel when we fall in love the description varies from the butterfly effect on the stomach, the sparks in the eyes to the change in the rhythm of the heart to the warmth we feel when hugged, one aspect all agree to is the fact that the felling is good.

The way we feel when we fall in love is all that makes it worth its experience. its what changes the changes in what is the usual, life all of a sudden has colours, presence seems to evoke euphoria diminishing logical reasoning.

Back to the topic of the day, The feeling is good, true, what actually is responsible for this "feeling good syndrome" in the first place? yes yes, you say love again, referring to its chemistry now


Breaking Down Love

Love indeed is beautiful!
What fuels our appetite for love? For more of it, not in some cases but in all instances, as popularly said those who deny its existence need it most.

With the different perspective on the love in mind, we all share similar desires, reaction and even inaction triggered by external influences first of all by sight, touch, sound and even smell.
The degree of our responsiveness to these external influences may differ but our responses quite similar are influenced by the release love chemicals. YES, Love chemicals.

When humans are in love, four chemicals work in the brain making the smitten fellows euphoric.


1. Phenylethylamine (PEA) AKA THE LOVE DRUG is a natural amphetamine that expedites the flow of information between nerve cells. It contributes to the feeling of being on top of the world when you are infatuated and help you stay up all night thinking of that person.

2. Dopamine (the feel-good chemical) is one of the neurochemical substances released by PEA. Dopamine is associated with mate selection It is a natural stimulant that gives ecstasy, focused attention, motivation and goal-oriented behaviour.

3. Oxytocin (the cuddle chemical) Dopamine triggers the release of oxytocin. In both genders, oxytocin is released during touching. The warmth we feel when hugged is a result of the release of oxytocin (cuddling hormones)This chemical makes people calmer and more sensitive to the feelings of others. It makes people want to cuddle and may also induce high-quality REM sleep explaining what happens when we get that soothing chilling relaxing feeling.


4. Norepinephrine (a euphoria-inducing chemical) stimulates the production of adrenaline and makes the heart race fast along with increased blood pressure when near the person you’re in love with.


Down this chain is Endorphine, The honeymoon is over, chemically, around 18 months to 4 years into a relationship the brain acquires a tolerance to the love stimulants. Nature, however, has its way around, in this case, it reinforces with the supply of endorphins, to give the needed comfort, when seemly we feel out of love or not getting enough love.

Endorphins are like opiates. They calm anxiety, relieve pain and reduce stress. Endorphins are associated with feelings of attachment and comfort.

These four love chemicals- phenylethylamine, dopamine, oxytocin, and norepinephrine cause people who are in love to be out of human reality. The effects of these love chemicals make people so happy that they become impractical and silly. That’s why a pretty good girl will fall for an ugly bad guy. That’s why a smart filthy rich career woman will give up all her fortunes for a blatant con man.

Blame the love chemicals for the stubbornness of people in love. As long as these chemicals are manipulating a person’s brain, it is useless to convince him or her to drop this madness. It takes 6 months to 3 years before these chemicals stop bothering the brain of someone who is in love.