Why Do We Fall in Love?
Because love invites us to a magical fairy tale where butterflies fly inside us, creating a wonderful feeling and where physical attraction plays the leading role. And without even realizing it. Our brain decides who is attractive and who is not. Therefore, it is completely normal to fall in love with someone at first sight. The statement that opposites attract is a big lie. Research shows that people tend to fall in love with people who are similar to themselves.
Evaluable scientists conducted an experiment on university students who were in passionate love in order to unravel the secret of love. While they showed passionate lovers photos of the people they fell in love with, they also monitored the brain activity of subjects experiencing passionate love. Although there is stimulation from different parts of the brain, the common feature of all of them is that they are part of the very powerful reward system in the brain... This is the interesting thing! So when we fall in love, our brain rewards us. Love creates a completely addictive effect on the brain, and these regions are activated in the same way in people who use substances. In other words, love is a complete state of addiction…Â
When we fall in love, there is a lot of activation in the front part of the brain. Since the front part of our brain and the regions responsible for our motor movements are inseparable from each other, this is why a man or woman in love becomes clumsy and tangled up in front of the person they love.
Of course, by suppressing the parts of the brain related to disgust and disgust. We have endless admiration for the one we love. Then, of course, logic disappears in all lovers. So, it wouldn't be wrong to say that the lover goes crazy. Well, is this enough for a love addict? Never! Some chemicals want us to have salt in the soup and things become more complicated. For example, dopamine participates in the game, and falling in love rewards us by increasing dopamine levels. Oxytocin is an essential part of the game; It is our hormone that binds us to our loved ones and orders us to always be hand in hand, eye to eye, hug and kiss. Here we are at the part that raises the bar; the amygdala, which is activated by some strong emotions in the brain and can be called the center of fear; love It is suppressed when we are angry. And think about what this oppression will make us do when it makes Ferhat go through mountains and Mecnun into deserts????
So, why does it end?
Although it is a very strong feeling, passionate love does not last long and diminishes over time. Maybe most of you say that love never ends, but according to research, the maximum lifespan of passionate love is 3 years...
When love ends, the same regions in the brain are no longer activated and everything starts to become ordinary as before. Don't worry, the end of love does not mean the end of the relationship.
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