Chemistry of love
Chemistry of love: how science can explain our daily lives?
By Barton Dong Loving and being loved adds richness to our lives. When people feel close to others they are happier and even healthier. Love helps us feel important, understood, and secure. When people think of love, a romantic emotional scene appears in their minds. In the heavy 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. However, it is more than a metaphor. There are a lot of chemicals racing around your brain and body when people are in love. From a rational point of view, love is explained most properly by science rather than the special affection for a person. Teenagers usually have drastic reactions when they meet a gorgeous girl or boy for the first time with an awkward scene of fumbling words. As a relationship develops, young girl and boy become close to each other and energetic to experience the adult world. According to the voice of a teenage boy, “I never got enough of her, always missed her and loved when she squeezed me tight! I was head over heels, everything was amazing and perfect! Felt like it was meant to be, every time I was with her I got butterflies and every time we kissed it felt like fireworks were in the back just blowing off! One text from her had me smiling the whole day.” (papilindo15, 2009) Love gives them enthusiasm in their daily life. Indeed, it is a pleasant psychological feeling. From the scientific aspect, the initial dizziness are signals of when people are first falling in love. Neurologists say this is due to the dopamine, norepinephrine and phenyl ethylamine people are releasing. Dopamine is thought to be the "pleasure chemical," producing a feeling of bliss while Norepinephrine produces the racing heart and excitement. According to Helen Fisher, anthropologist and well-known love researcher from Rutgers University, together
By Barton Dong Loving and being loved adds richness to our lives. When people feel close to others they are happier and even healthier. Love helps us feel important, understood, and secure. When people think of love, a romantic emotional scene appears in their minds. In the heavy 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. However, it is more than a metaphor. There are a lot of chemicals racing around your brain and body when people are in love. From a rational point of view, love is explained most properly by science rather than the special affection for a person. Teenagers usually have drastic reactions when they meet a gorgeous girl or boy for the first time with an awkward scene of fumbling words. As a relationship develops, young girl and boy become close to each other and energetic to experience the adult world. According to the voice of a teenage boy, “I never got enough of her, always missed her and loved when she squeezed me tight! I was head over heels, everything was amazing and perfect! Felt like it was meant to be, every time I was with her I got butterflies and every time we kissed it felt like fireworks were in the back just blowing off! One text from her had me smiling the whole day.” (papilindo15, 2009) Love gives them enthusiasm in their daily life. Indeed, it is a pleasant psychological feeling. From the scientific aspect, the initial dizziness are signals of when people are first falling in love. Neurologists say this is due to the dopamine, norepinephrine and phenyl ethylamine people are releasing. Dopamine is thought to be the "pleasure chemical," producing a feeling of bliss while Norepinephrine produces the racing heart and excitement. According to Helen Fisher, anthropologist and well-known love researcher from Rutgers University, together